Patent ID: 7014484
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus having functions to be expanded by first and second function expanding media, said electronic apparatus comprising: a connector that is connectable electrically to an adapter, said adapter having a first insertion opening into which the first function expanding medium is detachably inserted, and a second insertion opening into which the second function expanding medium is detachably inserted; and a housing that has first and second surfaces, and accommodates the adapter, the first surface having a third insertion opening that exposes the first insertion opening, and the second surface being arranged substantially orthogonal to the first surface and having a fourth insertion opening that exposes the second insertion opening, wherein the adapter includes an insertion/ejection mechanism that applies an elastic force to the first function expanding medium when the first expanding medium is inserted into the adapter in an opposite direction to an insert direction of the first function expanding medium, the first function expanding medium is inserted through the first and third insertion openings against the elastic force, and then moved in an orthogonal direction to the insert direction, and in disconnecting the first function expanding medium from the adapter, the first function expanding medium is moved back along the orthogonal direction, then moved along the insert direction using the elastic force, and ejected from the first and third insertion openings.