Patent ID: 7800896

Claim:
A connecting device for detachably holding an electronic apparatus and serving as an interface for a signal input/output between the electronic apparatus and at least one external device, the electronic apparatus having a housing formed in a plate shape, a display screen provided on a front surface of the housing and a signal input/output terminal provided on a back surface of the housing, the connecting device comprising: a base portion; a support plate coupled with the base portion so as to freely turn around a perpendicular line to the surface of the support plate; a connector that can be provided on the surface of the support plate and to which the signal input/output terminal is connected; and a guide member that is supported by the lower end of the support plate so as to freely turn in the direction of moving close to and away from the support plate with the lower end as the axis and that is in contact with both of a part of the lower end surface and a part of the back surface of the electronic apparatus when the electronic apparatus is attached, the guide member turning together with the electronic apparatus and guiding the turn of the electronic apparatus between the position of an attached state in which the back surface of the electronic apparatus is in contact with the surface of the support plate and the signal input/output terminal on the back surface of the electronic apparatus is connected to the connector and the position of a separated state in which the back surface of the electronic apparatus is away from the surface of the support plate and the signal input/output terminal on the back surface of the electronic apparatus is away from the connector; wherein the connector is tiltable in the same direction as the turn direction of the electronic apparatus guided by the guide member.