Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Ryou Wakasa

Junichi Hasegawa

Kenji Urushihara

Masaki Shikanai

Kazunori Kouno

Hiroshi Ohmura

Ryuuichi Toyoda

Takayuki Murai

Suguru Suzuki

Takeshi Tambo

An electronic device includes a housing, frame, and a lock attachment mechanism. The housing includes a front cabinet, and back cabinet which has opening and is attached to the front cabinet. The frame is disposed in the inside of the housing. The lock attachment mechanism includes lock attachment portion and hook portion. The lock attachment portion includes a pull-out portion with a hole disposed therein, and a leg portion protruding from the pull-out portion. The hook portion includes fixing portions attached to frame, and grappling portions that hook the leg portion with the pull-out portion being pulled out, and that form a gap through which the pull-out portion can be pulled out. The device further includes back cabinet having a holder. The holder restricts a movable range of lock attachment portion and holds the leg portion such that lock attachment portion is disposed at a location which allows the pull-out portion to be pulled out through opening.

Electronic device and method of assembling the same

A stack type mobile terminal for enabling the user to easily add only a necessary option cabinet from among different types of option cabinets eliminating the need for electric connection of the user is provided. A stack type mobile terminalincludes a main body cabinetfunctioning as a telephone, a plurality of option cabinetsstacked on the rear of the main body cabinet, a rotation supporting point shaft in the stack direction, provided in the option cabinetfor the main body cabinetand the option cabinetto relatively rotate, rotation supporting point holes into which the rotation supporting point shaft is inserted, and a contact mechanism for electrically connecting the cabinets when the main body cabinetand the option cabinetor the option cabinetsare positioned at a predetermined relative angle, wherein the main body cabinetand the option cabinetrelatively rotate, whereby the function section of the option cabinetcan be exposed. It is made possible to stack different types of option cabinetson the rear of the main body cabinetselectively as many as desired.

Stack type mobile terminal

Growing community of inventors

Ishikawa, Japan

Ryou Wakasa