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US 6,151,206 AGranted
Electronic device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Kato, Masahiko Suzuki, Makoto Tanahashi
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Abstract
A portable electronic device, which has an accessory provided at an external surface, around the display screen, of the display portion, the portable electronic device including a body; a display portion openably and closably provided with respect to the body; holding portion, provided at an external surface, around the display screen, of the display portion, for mechanically and removably holding the accessory; and electrically connecting portion for electrically and removably connecting the accessory.
Claims7
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a body;
- a display portion openable and closeable with respect to said body;
- holding means, provided at an external surface, around a display screen, of said display portion, for mechanically and removably holding an accessory, said holding means comprising a recess in said display portion for fitting thereinto a protrusion of the accessory;
- and
- electrically connecting means for electrically and removably connecting the accessory to the display portion;
- and
- wherein said protrusion of said accessory includes a magnet which is magnetically attracted to a metal portion of said recess of said display portion so as to removably secure said accessory to said display portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.