Patent ID: 7567212

Claim:
An electronic equipment unit comprising: a cradle adapted to be attached to a mobile unit; electronic equipment detachably mounted to said cradle; and a connecting mechanism configured to detachably connect said electronic equipment to said cradle; said electronic equipment including a housing, an antenna case connected to the back side of said housing configured to contain a GPS antenna, a recess formed on the back side of said housing configured to receive said antenna case, and a display surface formed on the front side of said housing configured to display an image according to positioning waves received by said GPS antenna; said antenna case being pivotable between a retracted condition where said antenna case is retracted in said recess and a raised condition where said antenna case is raised from the back side of said housing; said cradle having a connecting portion adapted to be received in said recess in the raised condition of said antenna case; said connecting portion of said cradle being detachably connected to said recess by said connecting mechanism in the condition where said antenna case is raised and said connecting portion is received in said recess.