Patent ID: 8238120

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a main body to which a component installation portion is formed, a component being detachably installed in the component installation portion; a switch comprising a base and a movable portion, the switch is set into an ON state when the movable portion is moved relatively closer to the base; a movement support portion provided to the main body, the movement support portion being configured to support the switch so as to permit reciprocal movement of the switch along a direction in which the movable portion is moved closer to the base, and configured to be moved to one of directions of the reciprocal movement by a predetermined ON operation, the movement support portion includes a press portion provided on one side of the movement support portion to receive a pressing operation as the ON operation; and a stopper configured to regulate, when the component is not installed in the component installation portion, movement of the movement support portion moved toward the one of the directions of the reciprocal movement by the pressing operation, wherein, while the component is installed in the component installation portion, the switch is sandwiched between the component and the movement support portion moved to the one of the directions of the reciprocal movement by the ON operation, the movable portion is moved relatively closer to the base, and the switch is placed to the ON state.