Connection tray unit for portable terminal
AssigneeTEAC Corporation
InventorKazuki Ida
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Abstract
In a CD player, a connection tray is mounted in a cabinet in a shiftable manner among a retracted position, a first projected position, and a second projected position. The connection tray has an upper tray and a lower tray. The upper tray has a first connector, a second connector, and a stopper. The lower tray has an unlock button, a movable plate, and a lock plate. A lock bracket is formed with a lock depression into which a lock boss is inserted to lock the connection tray in the first projected position, in shifting the connection tray forward from the retracted position. In a front surface of the lock bracket, a lock projection is formed. The lock projection receives the lock boss to lock the connection tray in the second projected position.
Claims6
A connection tray unit for a portable terminal comprising:
- a connection tray that is shiftable from a retracted position within a cabinet through a first projected position pulled out of said cabinet to a second projected position pulled out of said cabinet, the first projected position being different from the second projected position, and shiftable in an opposite direction thereof;
- a first connector mounted on and attached to said connection tray, for being connected to a first type portable terminal device in said first projected position;
- a second connector mounted on and attached to said connection tray, for being connected in said second projected position to a second type portable terminal device having a connection method different from said first type portable terminal device;
- a locking mechanism for locking said connection tray in said first and second projected positions to prevent a shift of said connection tray;
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- an unlocking mechanism for unlocking said locking mechanism to allow the shift of said connection tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.