Patent ID: 6201693
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: E05B,G06F

Abstract:
An information processing unit with a keyboard, a display unit, a storage and a plurality of connectors for the signal connection to the external equipment, comprising:a main body having said keyboard, a CPU, a memory, a main body casing for mounting these and said display unit attached to the main body casing;a file basestation having a plurality of external swappable storages and a file basestation casing for housing them; anda portreplicator having a plurality of said connectors and a portreplicator casing for mounting them, wherein said main body has a first docking connector on the main processing unit side for receiving/sending a signal from/to said file basestation and a second docking connector on the main processing unit side for receiving/sending a signal from/to said portreplicator;said file basestation has a docking connector on the file basestation directly connected to said first docking connector on the main processing unit side for receiving/sending a signal from/to said main body; andsaid portreplicator has a docking connector on the portreplicator side directly connected to said second docking connector on the main processing unit side for receiving/sending a signal from/to said main body.