Cradle mounting system for electronic device and detachable battery

1. A mounting system, comprising:

a battery container having a charging terminal and configured to store a secondary battery;

an electronic device having a power-supply terminal and configured to attach the battery container thereto detachably;

a mounting device having an external power-supply terminal to supply external power and configured to mount the battery container or the electronic device thereon; and

a joint mechanism configured to lock the electronic device and the mounting device when the battery container is not attached to the electronic device,

wherein the joint mechanism does not lock the electronic device and the mounting device when the battery container is attached to the electronic device and is mounted on the mounting device.

2. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the electronic device is mounted on the mounting device, the power-supply terminal of the electronic device comes in contact with the external power-supply terminal of the mounting device, and

when the battery container is mounted on the mounting device, the charging terminal of the battery container comes in contact with the external power-supply terminal of the mounting device.

3. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the battery container is mounted on the mounting device, a bottom face of the battery container faces an upper face of the mounting device, and

when the battery container is attached to the electronic device, a bottom face of the electronic device faces an upper face of the battery container.

4. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein

the joint mechanism joins the electronic device and the mounting device in response to a movement of the electronic device in a first direction from a bottom face of the electronic device to an upper face of the mounting device, and

the mounting system further comprises an engagement mechanism, the engagement mechanism configured to engage the electronic device and the mounting device so as to limit a movement of the electronic device relative to the mounting device in a second direction different from the first direction when the electronic device and the mounting device are in contact and are not joined.

5. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein

the joint mechanism engages a part of the electronic device and a part of the mounting device in a direction orthogonal to a bottom face of the electronic device when the electronic device and the mounting device join, and

the mounting device includes an elastic member on an upper face, the elastic member being configured to apply an elastic force to the bottom face of the electronic device in a direction away from a bottom face of the mounting device to enhance the engagement of the part of the electronic device and the part of the mounting device.

6. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein

the battery container includes a power-supply terminal connected to the secondary battery,

the electronic device has a second power-supply terminal, and

when the battery container is attached to the electronic device, the second power-supply terminal of the electronic device comes in contact with the power-supply terminal of the battery container.

7. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a printer.

8. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting device includes:

a first terminal group that electrically connects with a device to be mounted that is the electronic device or the battery container, the first terminal group including terminals to which a same first voltage is applied;

a second terminal group that is different from the first terminal group and electrically connects with the device to be mounted, the second terminal group including terminals to which a same second voltage is applied; and

a plurality of bumps that stand from a referential face, the referential face being opposed to the device to be mounted when the device to be mounted is mounted on the mounting device, wherein

the first terminal group and the second terminal group are disposed at a different bump of the plurality of bumps from each other.

9. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting device includes:

a plurality of terminals including terminals that electrically connect to a device to be mounted that is the electronic device or the battery container;

a bump standing from a referential face, the referential face being opposed to the device to be mounted when the device to be mounted is mounted on the mounting device, the plurality of terminals being arranged to be exposed on the bump, and

a protrusion disposed between two terminals among the plurality of terminals, the protrusion protruding from a surface of the bump, a different voltage being applied to the two terminals.

10. The mounting system according to claim 9 , wherein terminals to which a same voltage is applied, among the plurality of terminals, are adjacent to each other.

11. The mounting system according to claim 9 , wherein the protrusion comprises a wall standing from the surface of the bump, the wall having faces opposed to the two terminals.

12. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein an outer edge of a bottom face of the battery container and an outer edge of a bottom face of the electronic device coincide with each other.

13. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the battery container includes a housing close to the center in the plan view, the housing being configured to store the secondary battery.

14. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic device has a groove for engagement at a bottom part thereof,

the battery container has a protrusion for engagement at an upper face thereof, and

engagement of the groove and the protrusion attaches the battery container to the electronic device.

15. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic device includes a display panel,

the display panel is inclined relative to a mounting face of the mounting device with a first inclination angle when the electronic device without the battery container attached is mounted on the mounting face,

the display panel is inclined relative to a mounting face of the mounting device with a second inclination angle when the electronic device with the battery container attached is mounted on the mounting face, and

the first inclination angle and the second inclination angle are the same.

16. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device and the battery container are configured such that when the battery container is attached to the electronic device, the electronic device is electrically connected to the mounting device.

17. The mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device, the battery container, and the mounting device are configured to be arranged in this order.

18. A mounting system, comprising:

a battery container having a charging terminal and configured to store a secondary battery;

an electronic device having a power-supply terminal and configured to attach the battery container thereto detachably;

a mounting device having an external power-supply terminal to supply external power and configured to mount the battery container which is attached to the electronic device or the electronic device thereon; and

a joint mechanism configured to lock the electronic device and the mounting device when the battery container is not attached to the electronic device,

wherein the joint mechanism does not lock the electronic device and the mounting device when the battery container is attached to the electronic device.

19. The mounting system according to claim 18 , wherein the electronic device and the battery container are configured such that when the battery container is attached to the electronic device, the electronic device is electrically connected to the mounting device.

20. The mounting system according to claim 18 , wherein the electronic device, the battery container, and the mounting device are configured to be arranged in this order.

21. A mounting system, comprising:

a battery container configured to store a secondary battery;

an electronic device configured to attach the battery container thereto detachably;

a mounting device configured to mount the battery container or the electronic device thereon; and

wherein the electronic device and the mounting device are configured to lock the electronic device and the mounting device when the battery container is not attached to the electronic device,

wherein the battery container and the mounting device are configured to not lock the electronic device and the mounting device when the battery container is attached to the electronic device and is mounted on the mounting device.

22. The mounting system according to claim 21 , wherein the battery container and the electronic device are configured to lock to each other.

23. The mounting system according to claim 21 , wherein

the mounting device has an external power-supply terminal to supply external power, and

the electronic device and the battery container are configured such that when the battery container is attached to the electronic device and is mounted on the mounting device, the electronic device is electrically connected to the mounting device.

24. The mounting system according to claim 21 , wherein the electronic device, the battery container, and the mounting device are configured to be arranged in this order.

25. The mounting system according to claim 21 , wherein

the mounting device has an external power-supply terminal to supply external power, and

the electronic device and the battery container are configured such that when the battery container is attached to the electronic device and is mounted on the mounting device, the battery container is electrically connected to the mounting device.

26. The mounting system according to claim 21 , wherein

the mounting device has an external power-supply terminal to supply external power, and

the electronic device is configured such that when the battery container is not attached to the electronic device and the electronic device is mounted on the mounting device, the electronic device is electrically connected to the mounting device.