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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Hiroaki Agata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazuo Nakada, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Eiji Shinohara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hideaki Hasegawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD, , SG;
Abstract
An electronic device having a portable information equipment and an expansion unit is disclosed. The portable information equipment can be a tablet PC and the expansion unit is configured to expand a function of the tablet PC. The expansion unit includes an attachment part having a hook configured to be movable in an engagement direction from a non-engagement position to an engagement position, in the non-engagement position. The hook can be inserted into an engagement hole disposed at an attached part of the tablet PC in the engagement position. The hook can be further movable in a pulling direction of pulling the tablet PC towards the expansion unit, with the pulling direction being orthogonal to the engagement direction. A lever is utilized to move the hook in the engagement direction and in the pulling direction.