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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A personal computer has a casing that includes a bottom wall formed having fitting holes and a rear wall provided with a first expansion connector. An expansion adapter to which the computer is connected includes a carrying surface, on which the casing is detachably mounted, and a first relay connector connectable with the first expansion connector of the casing placed on the carrying surface. Arranged on the carrying surface are guide rails that guide the casing in movement along the directions of connection and disconnection of the connectors. The expansion adapter includes locking members, which are swingable between a locking position in which they project from the carrying surface and an unlocking position in which they are situated below the carrying surface. When the computer is slid along the guide rails on the carrying surface so that the first expansion connector is connected to the first relay connector, the locking members move to the locking position, in which they project from the carrying surface, and engage their corresponding fitting holes of the casing, thereby locking the computer.