Patent ID: 8690433

Claim:
A sliding device for an electronic apparatus, comprising: a base plate; a pair of intermediate plates connected to the base plate via first sliding mechanisms so as to be slidable in front and rear directions of the base plate; and a sliding plate connected to the pair of intermediate plates via second sliding mechanisms so as to be slidable in the front and rear directions, wherein each of the second sliding mechanisms includes a first projecting part projecting outward in a widthwise direction of the base plate from the sliding plate; a second projecting part positioned on a rear direction side of the first projecting part in the front and rear directions and projecting further outward in the widthwise direction than the first projecting part; a guide part configured to guide the first projecting part and the second projecting part in the front and rear directions; a branch guide part branching off from a widthwise inside portion of the guide part with which the first projecting part is in contact toward a rear direction side in the front and rear directions and a bottom direction side in top and bottom directions of the base plate; an end portion guide part positioned on the rear direction side of a portion of the guide part other than the widthwise inside portion; a contact piece positioned on the rear direction side and a top direction side in the top and bottom directions of the second projecting part and projecting outward in the widthwise direction from the sliding plate; and a contacted part with which the contact piece is caused to come into contact when the sliding plate is caused to slide with a maximum displacement in the rear direction relative to the base plate; wherein the contact piece includes a partially cylindrical surface and a connecting surface connecting both circumferential ends of the partially cylindrical surface, and the contacted part includes a contacted shape part configured to be contacted by a boundary part of the partially cylindrical surface and the connecting surface to provide the sliding plate with a rotational force to cause a front direction end portion of the sliding plate to move in the bottom direction relative to a rear direction end portion of the sliding plate, and an engaged shape part with which the partially cylindrical surface and the connecting surface are caused to engage.