Electronic apparatus with a removable component
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorAkira Imamura
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Abstract
A removable component is inserted into the receptacle provided in a housing, through an inlet port provided in the outer surface of the housing. A first lock member is provided in the housing and can move between a first lock position and a first release position. At the first lock position, the first lock member holds the removable component. At the first release position, the first lock member releases the movable component. A second lock member is provided in the housing and can move, by its weight, between the second lock position and the second release position. At the second lock position, the second lock member holds the first lock member at the first lock position. At the second release position, the second lock member is released from the second lock position.
Claims9
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an outer surface;
- a receptacle provided in the housing and having an inlet port provided in the outer surface;
- a removable component removably inserted into the receptacle through the inlet port, the removable component having a case with an outer surface which is flush with the outer surface of the housing while the removable component remains inserted in the receptacle;
- a first lock member provided in the housing and being able to move between a first lock position to hold the removable component and a first release position to release the removable component;
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- a second lock member provided in the housing and being able to move, by a weight of the second lock member, between a second lock position to hold the first lock member at the first lock position and a second release position released from the second lock position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.