Patent ID: 8182426

Claim:
A docking station to which a tablet type electronic device is able to be removably mounted, the docking station comprising: a receptacle section against which a first side of the electronic device comes into abutment when mounting the electronic device; and a hold-down section configured to releasably hold down the electronic device on a second side of the electronic device opposite to the first side when mounting the electronic device, wherein said hold-down section comprises: a hold-down member configured to hold down the second side of the electronic device when the electronic device is mounted to the docking station, wherein said hold-down member comprises: a curved portion adapted to cover the second side of the electronic device when holding down the electronic device; a flat plate portion extending from a base portion of said curved portion; a cam slot formed in said flat plate portion; and a shaft of an elliptic section provided at an end in an extending direction of said flat plate portion perpendicularly to the extending direction and in parallel with said plate surface; and a support mechanism configured to support said hold-down member such that said hold-down member is movable between a hold-down position and a release position and pivotable in a direction away from the electronic device at the release position, when the electronic device is mounted to the docking station, wherein said support mechanism comprises: a support member configured to support said shaft of said hold-down member such that said shaft is movable in parallel between the hold-down position and the release position and rotatable at the release position, wherein said support member comprises: a guide slot having a width conforming to a minor diameter of said elliptic section of said shaft and also having a length corresponding to a distance between the hold-down position and the release position; and a bearing hole formed in an end of a release position side of said guide slot and having an inside diameter conforming to a major diameter of said elliptic section of said shaft.