Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Masaki Amano

Yui Ehara

Kazunori Koshiishi

Kouchi Kawai

Yuko Zenri

Shinji Hirose

Takaki Fujino

Kazuo Yoneyama

Hideaki Kamata

Naoya Kawanobe

Hiroshi Kamada

Satoshi Ishibashi

Yuji Kawanobe, Legal Representative

Junichiro Miyatake

Kochi Kawai

Noboru Wakitani

Kumpei Fujita

Hiroki Goto

Hiroki Ikuta

Kosuke Nakamura

Kensuke Morita

Tetsuji Kawamura

A connection structure includes a first apparatus and a second apparatus. The first apparatus includes a first contact portion and a surrounding wall surface. The second apparatus includes a second contact portion and a hollow projection. The first apparatus and the second apparatus are connected as being rotatable relatively to each other around a magnetic force direction and attachable to and detachable from each other, as a result of attraction by magnetic force. The projection is located with a clearance being interposed between the wall surface and the first contact portion, where the projection can be tilted in accordance with pulling including a direction component perpendicular to the magnetic force direction. In the first apparatus, a clearance between a top portion and the projection in a first direction is larger than a clearance between the top portion and the projection in a second direction different from the first direction.

Connection structure and attachment structure

The self-propelled toy includes a vehicle body, wheels connected to the vehicle body, a battery provided at the vehicle body, a motor using electric power stored in the battery to output drive power for running use, an imaging device connected to the vehicle body so as to capture an image of an area in front of the self-propelled toy, an operating part operated by a user so as to make the imaging device operate, and a charging port supplying electric power from an outside power source to the battery. The operating part is provided at a top part of the vehicle body at one side from a centerline of vehicle width of the self-propelled toy, and the charging port is provided at a side part of the vehicle body at the same side as the operating part from the centerline of vehicle width.

Self-propelled toy and game system

An upper cover attaching concavity and a lower cover attaching concavity are respectively formed on rear surfaces of an upper housing and a lower housing of a non-limiting example portable game apparatus, and hook recesses each having a portion existing beneath an area are formed on a flat surface of the upper cover attaching concavity and fitting recesses are formed on side surfaces. Hook recesses each having a portion existing beneath an area are formed on a flat surface of the lower cover attaching concavity and fitting recesses are formed on side surfaces. Hooks are inserted into the hook recesses and fitting projections fit into the fitting recesses, whereby an upper cover is attached to the upper cover attaching concavity. Hooks are inserted into the hook recesses and fitting projections fit into the fitting recesses, whereby a lower cover is attached to the lower cover attaching concavity.

Cover and information processing apparatus with cover

Portable computer

A cartridge, which is an attachment device, is mountable into an insertion slot in a game apparatus. At a side surface inside the insertion slot, a slide member is movable from a near side to a far side. The attachment device includes a housing and a hook. When the attachment device is inserted into the insertion slot, a predetermined portion of the housing abuts against the slide member, and the slide member is caused to move toward the far side of the insertion slot when the predetermined portion is inserted further inside while abutting against the slide member. The hook is inserted into a recessed portion generated at the side surface inside the insertion slot when the slide member moves toward the far side of the insertion slot, and then latches onto the inside wall.

Attachment device for an electronic apparatus

A hookcauses an attachment device (cartridge), which is mounted into an insertion slot arranged in an electronic apparatus such as a game apparatus, to be engaged with the insertion slot. The hook includes an arm, a ring portionand a latch portion. The ring portionis connected to one end of the arm. The latch portionis connected to the other end of the arm, and is latchable onto a predetermined portion of the insertion slot. Further, the ring portionis pivoted by a spindleof the attachment device, and is shaped so as to be deformable when a force from the armis applied thereto, the force being caused by the attachment device moving so as to be ejected from the insertion slot.

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Kyoto, Japan

Masaki Amano