Patent ID: 6633483
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
A portable information terminal apparatus comprising:an information input portion; a circuit board having a CPU for processing inputted information; a display portion for displaying information; a detachable card-shaped electronic device; an internal battery for supplying electric power; a battery receiving portion for receiving the internal battery; a detachable battery cover for covering the battery receiving portion; a connector including a connecting terminal for transmitting or receiving a signal to/from the card-shaped electronic device, in which the card-shaped electronic device is inserted to be held; and a stopper mechanism for preventing the card-shaped electronic device from being detached from the connector; wherein the stopper mechanism comprises a restricting member for restricting movement of the card-shaped electronic device in a detaching direction, and the restricting member comprises: an elastic member changeable between a first state in which the card-shaped electronic device can be attached or detached to/from the connector and a second state in which the card-shaped electronic device is restricted from being detached from the connector; and a holding member for holding the elastic member in the second state; and wherein the battery receiving portion includes: an opening through which the card-shaped electronic device is attached or detached to/from the connector arranged in a main body of the apparatus; and a connector door member for covering the opening for the connector, and the connector door member has a projecting portion for pressing the elastic member to hold the member in the second state.