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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1995
Hisao Shimizu, Tottori, JP;
Shoichi Sunagawa, Tottori, JP;
Hidemi Dohi, Tottori, JP;
Yoshiaki Matsuoka, Tottori, JP;
Yoshio Tanioka, Tottori, JP;
Norimitsu Asano, Tottori, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tottori-ken, JP;
Abstract
A docking station box for functional expansion of portable electronic equipment that has a table with a vertically upstanding back wall to which is mounted a part of a connector corresponding to a connector part of the electronic equipment. The box includes at least one hook that is moved from a position below the table to one above the table to engage the electronic equipment to mount it securely thereon. The docking station box also includes a mechanism for thrusting the electronic equipment away from the position in which the connector parts of the box and the electronic equipment are engaged.