Electronic device, connection structure of electronic device, and electronic apparatus

A connection structure of an electronic device that is moved to a supporting member in an insertion direction in which the electronic device is inserted into the supporting member and that is set in the supporting member while the electronic device and at least one other electronic device are placed one on top of another, the connection structure comprising:

• an electronic device that is positioned at a first side in a placing direction in which the electronic devices are placed one on top of another when the electronic device that is positioned at the first side is supported by the supporting member includes,
• a first connector that is urged in a direction that is the same as a removal direction in which the electronic device is removed from the supporting member, the first connector being urged by an urging member when the electronic device is in a state in which the electronic device is supported by the supporting member;
• a housing that includes a first plate, a second plate, and a connector accommodating section that is disposed in the first plate, the first plate and the second plate being disposed side by side in the placing direction, the connector accommodating section accommodating the first connector so that the first connector is movable in directions that are the same as the insertion direction and the removal direction;
• a holding member that causes the first connector of the electronic device to switch between a protruded state and a retreated state with respect to the connector accommodating section in accordance with a relationship between a position of the housing and a position of the supporting member;
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• a guide rail that changes a position of the first connector of the electronic device in the placing direction in accordance with a position of the first connector in the connector accommodating section in the insertion direction and the removal direction, and
• wherein an electronic device that is positioned at a second side, which is opposite to the first side, in the placing direction when the electronic device that is positioned at the second side is supported by the supporting member includes,
• a housing that includes a first plate, a second plate, and a guide that is disposed at the second plate, the first plate and the second plate being disposed side by side in the placing direction, the guide contacting the first connector of the electronic device that is placed and set at the first side and moving the first connector in the insertion direction and the removal direction;
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• a second connector that is disposed at a position where the second connector is connectable to the first connector of the electronic device that is positioned at the first side, the first connector of the electronic device that is positioned at the first side facing an interior of the housing of the electronic device that is positioned at the second side from the guide of the housing of the electronic device that is positioned at the second side.

An electronic apparatus comprising:

• a supporting member;
• and
• an electronic device that is moved to a supporting member in an insertion direction in which the electronic device is inserted into the supporting member and that is set in the supporting member while the electronic device and at least one other electronic device are placed one on top of another, the electronic device including,
• a first connector that is urged in a direction that is the same as a removal direction in which the electronic device is removed from the supporting member, the first connector being urged by an urging member when the electronic device is in a state in which the electronic device is supported by the supporting member,
• a housing that includes a first plate, a second plate, a connector accommodating section that is disposed in the first plate, and a guide that is disposed at the second plate, the first plate and the second plate being disposed side by side in a placing direction in which the electronic devices are placed one on top of another, the connector accommodating section accommodating the first connector so that the first connector is movable in directions that are the same as the insertion direction and the removal direction, the guide contacting a first connector of another electronic device and moving the first connector of the another electronic device in the insertion direction and the removal direction, the another electronic device and the electronic device being placed and set one on top of another,
• a second connector that is disposed at a position where the second connector is connectable to the first connector of the another electronic device, the first connector of the another electronic device facing an interior of the housing from the guide,
• a holding member that causes the first connector of the electronic device to switch between a protruded state and a retreated state with respect to the connector accommodating section in accordance with a relationship between a position of the housing and a position of the supporting member, and
• a guide rail that changes a position of the first connector of the electronic device in a vertical direction in accordance with a position of the first connector in the connector accommodating section in the insertion direction and the removal direction.