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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Keizo Ohgami, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Mikami, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Arisaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A portable apparatus comprises a housing having an opening portion, a pack receptacle formed in the housing, and a battery pack detachably contained in the pack receptacle through the opening portion. The pack receptacle has a slider for maintaining the battery pack at the pack receptacle. The slider is movable between a lock position and a lock releasing position, and maintained at the lock position through a spring. The slider has an insertion port, an engaging portion, a first cam portion, and a second cam portion. The insertion port is formed such that a convex portion of the battery pack is detachably inserted therethrough to be continuous to the opening portion. The engaging portion is formed to be engaged with the convex portion when the slider is moved to the lock position. The first cam portion connects the engaging portion to the insertion port, and slidably comes in contact with the convex portion when said slider is moved to the lock releasing position from the lock position, thereby pressing the convex portion to the insertion port thereby partially lifting the battery pack form the pack receptacle. The second cam portion is formed at a portion continuous to the insertion port, and the second cam portion slidably comes in contact with the convex portion when the pack device is inserted to the pack receptacle, thereby moving the slider to the lock releasing position from the lock position.