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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Takeshi Inoue, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ayumu Nomura, Saitama, JP;
Daisuke Shiono, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Inoue, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ayumu Nomura, Saitama, JP;
Daisuke Shiono, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an electronic equipment unit having a cradle, electronic equipment detachably mounted to the cradle, and a connecting mechanism for detachably connecting the electronic equipment to the cradle. The electronic equipment has a housing, an antenna case connected to the back side of the housing, and a recess formed on the back side of the housing for receiving the antenna case. The antenna case is pivotable between a retracted condition where the antenna case is retracted in the recess and a raised condition where the antenna case is raised from the back side of the housing. The cradle has a connecting portion adapted to be received in the recess in the raised condition of the antenna case. The connecting portion is detachably connected to the recess by the connecting mechanism in the condition where the antenna case is raised and the connecting portion is received in the recess.