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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2003
Hideyuki Usui, Chigasaki, JP;
Kazuihiko Yamazaki, Hiratsuka, JP;
Hisashi Shima, Yamato, JP;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pty. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A docking-type function-providing apparatus for providing a predetermined function to a portable device docked with the apparatus via their respective connectors has a coupling facecoupled with a device coupling face on the portable device at the time of docking, the connectorof the apparatus provided on the coupling faceto connect with the connector of the device by the above-mentioned coupling, and a guide faceparallel to a plane intersecting the coupling faceand capable of guiding a guided face on the portable device at the time of docking. The position of the guide facecan be changed in the direction of intersection with the guide face