Information processing apparatus
View Patent ↗An information processing apparatus includes an external fit frame having a concave part for battery pack storage, a card storage slot provided on a plane surface formed from one side wall of the external fit frame in an external direction for inserting and removing an IC card, and a wing shaped locking member supported on a back side of the plane surface for IC card locking, in which while the battery pack is mounted to the storage concave part, one end part of a wing part of the locking member abuts to be engaged in one end edge of the battery pack via a first opening part provided on the one side wall, and a locking protrusion formed at another end part of the locking member protrudes from a second opening part provided to the plane surface in a periphery of the one side wall to lock the IC card.
1. An information processing apparatus being capable of detaching a battery pack and being capable of inserting an IC card, the information processing apparatus comprising:
an external fit frame having a storage concave part for storing the battery pack;
a card storage slot configured to be provided on a plane surface formed from one side wall of the external fit frame in an external direction and configured to insert and remove the IC card; and
a locking member having two opposite end parts configured to be supported on a back side of the plane surface on which the card storage slot is provided and configured to lock the IC card inserted into the card storage slot,
wherein while the battery pack is mounted to the storage concave part of the external fit frame, one end part of the locking member abuts to be engaged in one end edge of the battery pack mounted to the storage concave part of the external fit frame via a first opening part provided on the one side wall of the external fit frame, the one end part of the locking member engaging with the battery pack causes the locking member to pivot such that a locking protrusion formed at another end part of the locking member protrudes from a second opening part provided in the plane surface in a periphery of the one side wall of the external fit frame to lock the IC card.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein while the battery pack is detached from the storage concave part of the external fit frame, the one end part of the locking member protrudes from the first opening part and the locking protrusion of the locking member is retreated from the second opening part to release the IC card.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member further includes a rotation shaft, and the locking member is rotatable at a predetermined angle around the rotation shaft, and both ends of the rotation shaft are held by holding parts provided to the back side of the plane surface.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein while the battery pack is mounted to the storage concave part of the external fit frame, the one end part of the locking member is engaged with the battery pack via the first opening part, and the locking member is rotated by a predetermined angle around the rotation shaft to lock the IC card with another end part of the locking member.
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein while the battery pack is detached from the storage concave part of the external fit frame, the locking member is rotated by a predetermined angle around the rotation shaft until the one end part of the locking member protrudes from the first opening part, and the other end part of the locking member is retreated from the second opening part to release the IC card.
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the locking member has two wings which protrude in opposite directions from the rotation shaft thereby providing the two opposite end parts.
7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member has an S shape or a crank shape.
8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member is configured by molding a resin.
9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the IC card includes a SIM card or an USIM card.