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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Kazuya Tatsuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Agata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A docking device is provided. The docking device includes an engaging member that projects from an upper surface of a device chassis, which has a hook portion for engaging with and disengage from an engaging hole of a portable information apparatus, and which is movable between an engagement position at which the hook portion engages with the engaging hole and a disengagement position at which the engagement of the hook portion with the engaging hole is released; and a restricting member that is movable between a retraction position at which the engaging member is allowed to move from the engagement position to the disengagement position and a restriction position at which the movement of the engaging member from the engagement position to the disengagement position is restricted by coming in contact with the engaging member at a rear surface of the hook portion.