Electronic apparatus
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorKazutoshi Tonozuka
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Abstract
A storage room for storing an attachment unit is provided with a plate for sheltering electrified portions inside the storage room from outside while the attachment unit is not stored in the storage room. A hook is also provided to maintain a state where the plate shelters the electrified portions. While the attachment unit is not stored in the storage room the hook protrudes into the storage room and is positioned at an area over the plate. When an external force is applied to the plate, the hook prevents the plate from being fallen down by the external force by hooking the plate thereon.
Claims17
An electronic apparatus having at least one storage slot for storing an attachment unit, said apparatus comprising:
- a shelter structure which shelters an electrified portion which is inside said at least one storage slot from outside when said attachment unit is not stored in said at least one storage slot;
- and
- a maintaining structure which maintains a state where said shelter structure shelters said electrified portion when said attachment unit is not stored in said at least one storage slot,
- wherein said shelter structure comprises a plate which is set inside said at least one storage slot, for sheltering said electrified portion from outside;
- and
- wherein said maintaining structure prevents said plate from shifting, by direct contact with a user's hand, from a sheltering position at which said electrified portion is sheltered from outside.
An electronic apparatus having at least one storage slot for storing an attachment unit, said apparatus comprising:
- a means for sheltering an electrified portion which is inside said at least one storage slot from outside when said attachment unit is not stored in said at least one storage slot;
- and
- a means for maintaining a state where said means for sheltering shelters said electrified portion when said attachment unit is not stored in said at least one storage slot, said maintaining means preventing said sheltering means from exposing said electrified portion upon direct contact with a user's hand.
A method for preventing access by foreign objects into an electrified portion of a storage slot of an electronic apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a sheltering member;
- fixing the sheltering member in a sheltering position to shelter the electrified portion of the storage slot when an attachment unit is not stored in the storage slot;
- securing the sheltering member in the sheltering position, even against force exerted by direct contact from a user's hand, when the attachment unit is not stored in the storage slot;
- and
- allowing the sheltering member to move from the sheltering position when the attachment unit is inserted into the storage slot.
An electronic apparatus including an attachment unit and having at least one storage slot for storing said attachment unit, said electronic apparatus comprising:
- a means for sheltering an electrified portion which is inside said at least one storage slot from outside when said attachment unit is not stored in said at least one storage slot;
- and
- a locking mechanism for locking and unlocking said sheltering means;
- wherein said attachment unit comprises an actuating mechanism for actuating said locking mechanism to lock said sheltering means in a sheltering position when said attachment unit is removed from said at least one storage slot and for actuating said locking mechanism to unlock said sheltering means when said attachment unit is inserted into said at least one storage slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.