JP2010157255A - Information processing device and removable unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a structural part related to a latch from protruding into the inside of a portable personal computer regarding a portable personal computer to which a battery pack is attached. <P>SOLUTION: A guide rail is formed on the wall at the end of a battery-pack storage part 37 of a body part 31. A latch recess is formed by cutting off a part of the guide rail. A guide groove is formed in the end face of a battery pack 50 while a latch pawl is also provided on the end face. The battery pack 50 is attached by being pushed into the battery-pack storage part 37. The latch pawl is hooked in the latch recess. A space for a latching mechanism is within the range of a projection dimension b of the guide rail. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a detachable unit, and more particularly to a portable personal computer to which a battery pack is attached and a battery pack to be attached to the portable personal computer.

  The portable personal computer has been improved in function in a situation where the outer size is limited, and various electronic components are incorporated in the main body at high density. Therefore, it is desirable that the structure for mounting the battery pack is a structure that does not protrude into the internal space of the main body.

  1A, 1B and 1C show a conventional battery pack mounting structure. FIG. 1A shows the portable personal computer 10 upside down. Y1-Y2 is the depth direction, X1-X2 is the width direction, and Z1-Z2 is the height direction. The portable personal computer 10 has a main body part 11 and a liquid crystal display part 12 that can be opened and closed. The battery pack 20 is fitted into the concave battery pack housing part 13 of the main body part 11, and the connector 21 is connected to the connector 14. It is the structure which is connected and attached.

  As shown in FIGS. 1B and 2A, a guide rail 15 and a latch hole 16 are formed in the end wall 14 of the battery pack housing portion 13 in the X1-X2 direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 1B and 2A, a guide groove 23 is formed on the end surface 22 of the battery pack 20, and a latch claw 24 is provided.

  The battery pack 20 is guided by fitting the guide groove 23 to the guide rail 15 and inserted in the Y1 direction, the latch claw 24 is pushed in, and is accommodated in the battery pack accommodating portion 13, as shown in FIG. As shown, the protruding latch claw 24 is latched and attached to the latch hole 16.

  A box-shaped wall 17 for preventing intrusion of dust is formed on the latch hole 16 so as to protrude toward the inside of the main body 11.

  As for the battery pack 20, the latch claw 24 is disposed on the Y1 direction side from the end of the guide groove 23 in the Y1 direction, and the latch claw 24 protrudes from the end surface 22 of the battery pack 20.

  Since the box-shaped wall 17 is formed so as to protrude toward the inside of the main body 11, the space 18 inside the main body 11 is narrowed by the dimension a from which the box-shaped wall 17 protrudes. For this reason, depending on the electronic component, it may be difficult to incorporate the electronic component into the space 18.

  Further, since the latch claw 24 is provided on the Y1 direction side from the end of the guide groove 23 in the Y1 direction, the guide groove 23 is fitted into the guide rail 15 when the battery pack 20 is pushed into the battery pack housing portion 13. Earlier, the latch pawl 24 hits the wall 14. For this reason, resistance is received in a state where the position of the battery pack 20 is not fixed, the position of the battery pack 20 is shifted in the vertical direction, and the guide groove 23 is difficult to fit into the guide rail 15, so that the battery pack 20 can be It was difficult to smoothly perform the operation of starting insertion into the pack housing portion 13.

  Further, the lower surface 25 of the battery pack 20 is a flat surface, and it is difficult for the fingertip to slip and get caught, and thus it is difficult to remove the battery pack 20.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and a detachable unit that solve the above-described problems.

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus including an information processing apparatus main body and a detachable unit that is detachably attached to the information processing apparatus main body. And a guide rail extending in a direction in which the detachable unit is mounted, and a latch hook portion formed in the middle of the guide rail, with a part of the guide rail cut out. The detachable unit includes a guide groove that is fitted into a guide rail of the storage portion, and a latch claw that is engaged with a latch hook portion of the storage portion, and is attached to the storage portion. It is characterized by that.

  Further, the present invention provides an information processing apparatus comprising an information processing apparatus main body and a detachable unit that is detachably attached to the information processing apparatus main body, wherein the information processing apparatus main body includes a guide groove and a latch hook. A guide groove that is recessed in the wall on both ends of the housing portion from the housing portion and extends in a direction in which the detachable unit is mounted, and a convex portion that fills a part of the guide groove, A guide rail that is fitted in the guide groove of the information processing apparatus main body, and the detachable unit is provided in the guide groove of the information processing apparatus main body. And a latching claw engaged with the latch hook, and is attached to the storage portion.

  Further, according to the present invention, the housing portion has an information processing apparatus side connector to which a connector of the detachable unit is connected, and is provided on both sides of the information processing apparatus side connector and on both sides of the connector of the detachable unit. It has the convex part fitted by the formed recessed part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Further, according to the present invention, the detachable unit includes a main body portion having a length that fits a space between the walls on both ends of the housing portion, and a knob that performs an operation of removing the latch claw from the latch hook portion. And the said main-body part has a bulging part in the site | part by the side of the direction moved when a detachable unit removes from the said accommodating part with respect to the said knob, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In the present invention, the detachable unit includes a battery.

  In addition, the present invention is a detachable unit that is inserted into and attached to the housing portion of the information processing apparatus having a housing portion having a guide rail and a latch hanging portion, and the guide rail is provided at both ends of the housing portion. A part of the guide rail that protrudes from the wall and extends in a direction in which the detachable unit is attached and detached, and the latch hanging part is on the back side with respect to the entrance of the accommodating part. A guide groove fitted into the guide rail, a latch claw that is aligned with the guide groove in the mounting direction of the detachable unit with respect to the accommodating portion and is engaged with the latch hook portion, It is characterized by having.

  In addition, the present invention is a detachable unit that is inserted into and attached to the housing portion of the information processing apparatus having a housing portion having a guide groove and a latch hook portion, and the guide groove is provided at both ends of the housing portion. The latch recess is recessed in the wall from the accommodating portion and extends in a direction in which the detachable unit is mounted, and the latch hanging portion is inserted into the guide groove by a convex portion that fills a part of the guide groove. A guide rail provided in the depth range of the groove and fitted in the guide groove; and a latch claw engaged with the latch hook, wherein the latch claw is fitted into the latch hook. It is the size, It is provided in the site | part which fits ahead of the said guide rail in the said guide groove, when aligning with the said guide rail and mounting | wearing with a detachable unit.

  Further, according to the present invention, the housing portion has an information processing apparatus side connector to which a connector of the detachable unit is connected and concave portions formed on both sides thereof, and when the housing portion is attached to the housing portion, It has the connector connected to an apparatus side connector, and the convex part fitted by the said recessed part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In addition, the present invention includes a main body having a length that fits a distance between walls on both ends of the housing portion, and a knob that performs an operation of pulling out the latch claw from the latch hook portion. Is characterized in that it has a bulging portion at a portion on the side in which the detachable unit is moved from the accommodating portion with respect to the knob.

  In the present invention, the detachable unit includes a battery.

  That is, the first invention is an information processing apparatus in which the guide groove and the guide rail are fitted, the latch claw is engaged with the latch hook, and the detachable unit is attached to the storage portion. The housing portion of the apparatus is configured to include a guide rail and a latch hook portion formed within a protruding range of the guide rail.

  The space occupied by the mechanism for the latch is limited to within the protruding range of the guide rail. Therefore, the protrusion inside the space inside the information processing apparatus is eliminated, the space inside the information processing apparatus becomes wider than before, and an electronic component having a larger size than before can be incorporated into the space.

  A second invention is an information processing device in which a guide groove and a guide rail are fitted, a latch claw is engaged with a latch hooking portion, and an attachment / detachment unit is attached to the housing portion, The accommodating portion is configured to include a guide groove and a latch hook portion formed within a depth range of the guide groove.

  The space occupied by the mechanism for the latch is limited to the depth range of the guide groove. Therefore, the space inside the information processing apparatus becomes wider than the conventional one, and an electronic component having a size larger than the conventional one can be incorporated in the space. Further, the detachable unit has no protrusion to the inside, and the space inside the detachable unit becomes wider than in the past.

  A third invention is the information processing apparatus according to the first invention, wherein the latch hooking portion is provided in the middle of the guide rail.

  As for the detachable unit, the latch claw is arranged in the middle of the guide groove, so when inserting and attaching the detachable unit, the latch claw hits the guide rail because the guide groove fits into the guide rail After starting. Therefore, when the operator grips the detachable unit and inserts it into the housing of the information processing device, when the latch claw hits the guide rail and feels a load, the guide groove is fitted to the guide rail and the position of the detachable unit is restricted. The operation of attaching the detachable unit is performed smoothly.

  A fourth invention is the information processing apparatus according to the second invention, wherein the latch hooking portion is provided inside the guide groove.

  Regarding the detachable unit, when the detachable unit is inserted and mounted, the latch claw gets over the hook when the guide rail is fitted in the guide groove. Therefore, when the operator feels a load when the latch claw gets over the hook in the process of grasping the insertion / removal unit and inserting it into the housing of the information processing device, the guide rail is fitted in the guide groove and the position of the attachment / detachment unit The movement of attaching the detachable unit is performed smoothly. Further, when the user feels a load, the detachable unit is inserted into the housing partway, and the operation of mounting the detachable unit is performed smoothly.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the guide groove and the guide rail are fitted, the latch claw is engaged with the latch hook, the detachable unit is attached to the accommodating portion, and the connector provided in the detachable unit is the accommodating portion. An information processing device connected to and attached to a connector provided in the information processing device, wherein the information processing device is formed on both sides of the connector provided in the information processing device, on both sides of the detachable unit side connector of the detachable unit. It is the structure which has the convex part which fits into the recessed part.

  The fitting of the concave portion to the convex portion prevents the detachable unit side connector from being displaced relative to the information processing device side connector even when a force that warps the detachable unit is applied from the outside. Therefore, the stability of the connection between the detachable unit side connector and the information processing apparatus side connector is improved.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the detachable unit that is inserted and attached to the housing portion having the latching portion of the information processing device, the bulging portion is provided in the vicinity of the knob that performs an operation of pulling out the latch claw from the latching portion. It is a thing.

  The swollen part near the knob makes it easier for the fingertip to be caught when a force is applied to the fingertip that is operating the knob in the direction to remove the detachable unit from the housing, and the fingertip force is easily applied to the detachable unit. It becomes easy to remove the detachable unit from the accommodating portion.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the detachable unit that is inserted and mounted in the housing portion having the guide rail and the latch hook portion of the information processing apparatus, a guide for fitting a latch claw that engages with the latch hook portion to the guide rail. The structure is provided inside the groove.

  Since the latch claw is hidden inside the guide groove, there is no possibility of scratching the finger with the latch claw when handling the detachable unit as compared with the configuration in which the latch claw is exposed.

  An eighth aspect of the present invention is an attachment / detachment unit provided in the information processing apparatus, which is inserted into and attached to a receiving portion having a guide groove and a latch hook portion, and the latch pawl engaging with the latch hook portion is attached to the guide. It is a structure provided in the advancing direction side when inserting this attachment / detachment unit into the said accommodating part of the guide rail fitted to a groove | channel.

  When the detachable unit is inserted and mounted, the latch claw gets over the hook when the guide rail is fitted in the guide groove, and the position of the detachable unit is restricted. The wearing operation is performed smoothly.

  As described above, the first invention is an information processing apparatus in which the guide groove and the guide rail are fitted, the latch claw is engaged with the latch hook, and the detachable unit is attached to the housing. The storage portion of the information processing apparatus is configured to include a guide rail and a latch hook portion formed in the protruding range of the guide rail, and therefore the space occupied by the mechanism for the latch occupies the protruding range of the guide rail. Therefore, there is no protrusion to the space inside the information processing device, the space inside the information processing device becomes wider than before, and electronic components that are larger in size than before are placed in the space. Can be incorporated.

  A second invention is an information processing device in which a guide groove and a guide rail are fitted, a latch claw is engaged with a latch hooking portion, and an attachment / detachment unit is attached to the housing portion, Since the accommodating portion is configured to include a guide groove and a latch hook portion formed within the depth range of the guide groove, the space occupied by the mechanism for latching is limited to the depth range of the guide groove. Therefore, the space inside the information processing apparatus becomes wider than before, and an electronic component having a larger size than before can be incorporated in the space. Further, the detachable unit has no protrusion to the inside, and the space inside the detachable unit can be made wider than before.

  The third invention is the information processing apparatus according to the first invention, wherein the latch hook is provided in the middle of the guide groove when viewed from the detachable unit. Therefore, when the detachable unit is inserted and mounted, the latch claw hits the guide rail only after the guide groove starts to fit into the guide rail. When the latch claw hits the guide rail and feels a load in the process of grasping the unit and inserting it into the housing of the information processing device, the guide groove is fitted to the guide rail and the position of the detachable unit is restricted. The wearing operation can be performed smoothly.

  The fourth invention is the information processing apparatus according to the second invention, wherein the latch hooking portion is provided inside the guide groove. When attaching, the latch claw gets over the hanging part when the guide rail is fitted in the guide groove, so that the operator grasps the detachable unit and inserts it into the accommodating part of the information processing device When the load is felt when the latch claw gets over the hook, the guide rail is fitted in the guide groove, the position of the detachable unit is restricted, and the operation of mounting the detachable unit can be performed smoothly. Further, when the user feels a load, the detachable unit is inserted to the back of the housing portion, and the operation of mounting the detachable unit can be performed smoothly.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the guide groove and the guide rail are fitted, the latch claw is engaged with the latch hook, the detachable unit is attached to the accommodating portion, and the connector provided in the detachable unit is the accommodating portion. An information processing device connected to and attached to a connector provided in the information processing device, wherein the information processing device is formed on both sides of the connector provided in the information processing device, on both sides of the detachable unit side connector of the detachable unit. Therefore, even if a force that warps the detachable unit from the outside due to the fitting of the concave portion to the convex portion, the detachable unit side connector is connected to the information processing device side. Accordingly, the relative displacement with respect to the connector does not occur, so that the connection stability between the detachable unit side connector and the information processing apparatus side connector can be improved.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the detachable unit that is inserted and attached to the housing portion having the latching portion of the information processing device, the bulging portion is provided in the vicinity of the knob that performs an operation of pulling out the latch claw from the latching portion Therefore, the bulging part near the knob makes it easier for the fingertip to be caught when a force is applied to the fingertip that is operating the knob in the direction to remove the detachable unit from the accommodating part. The detachable unit can be easily detached from the housing portion.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the detachable unit that is inserted and mounted in the housing portion having the guide rail and the latch hook portion of the information processing apparatus, a guide for fitting a latch claw that engages with the latch hook portion to the guide rail. Since the latch claw is hidden inside the guide groove because it is configured inside the groove, the latch claw can be used when handling the detachable unit compared to the configuration where the latch claw is exposed. This eliminates the possibility of scratching your finger.

  An eighth aspect of the present invention is an attachment / detachment unit provided in the information processing apparatus, which is inserted into and attached to a receiving portion having a guide groove and a latch hook portion, and the latch pawl engaging with the latch hook portion is attached to the guide. Since the guide rail that fits into the groove is provided on the side of the advancing direction when the detachable unit is inserted into the housing portion, the latch claw gets over the hook when the detachable unit is inserted and mounted. This is when the guide rail is fitted in the guide groove, and the position of the detachable unit is restricted, so that the operation of mounting the detachable unit can be performed smoothly.

It is a figure which shows the conventional battery pack mounting structure. It is a figure which shows the state before mounting | wearing with the state before mounting | wearing with a battery pack. It is a figure which shows the portable personal computer to which the battery pack mounting structure of one Example of this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the battery pack mounting structure of one Example of this invention. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing a portion surrounded by a circle V in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing a portion surrounded by a circle VI in FIG. 4. It is a figure which shows the state before mounting | wearing with the state before mounting | wearing with a battery pack. It is a figure which shows a connector. It is a figure which shows the battery pack mounting structure of another Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state before mounting | wearing with the state before mounting | wearing with a battery pack.

  3 and 4A and 4B show a battery pack mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention and a portable personal computer 30 to which the battery pack mounting structure is applied. 4A and 4B show the portable personal computer 30 upside down. Y1-Y2 is the depth direction, X1-X2 is the width direction, and Z1-Z2 is the height direction. The portable personal computer 30 includes a main body portion 31 and a liquid crystal display portion 34 that is supported to be openable and closable with respect to the main body portion 31 by a shaft support portion 33 at the back of the main body portion 31. The liquid crystal display unit 34 is brought into a closed state when it is tilted on the main body unit 30 and is opened and the liquid crystal display surface 35 is hidden in the closed state and exposed in the open state. The main body unit 31 includes a CPU or the like as an information processing unit inside, and a keyboard unit 36 on the upper surface. On the front side of the main body 31, a battery pack housing portion 37 for mounting a battery pack 50 housing a plurality of batteries is formed in a concave shape with respect to the front surface 38 of the main body 31. . The battery pack 50 is fitted and mounted in the battery pack housing portion 37, and the connector 51 is connected to the connector 39.

  The main body portion 32 has projecting portions 40 and 41 that are relatively formed by the concave battery pack housing portion 37 at the X1 direction end and the X2 direction end of the Y2 direction end and project in the Y2 direction.

  Next, the battery pack mounting structure will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the wall 42 at the end in the X1-X2 direction of the battery pack housing portion 37 of the main body 31 is, as shown in FIGS. A guide rail 43 and a latch recess 44 are formed. The guide rail 43 protrudes from the wall 42 into the battery pack accommodating portion 37 and extends in the Y1-Y2 direction. The latch recess 44 as a latch hook is formed by cutting out a part of the guide rail 43. An end in the Y2 direction of the guide rail 43 is an inclined surface 45, and the latch claw 54 is easily retracted.

  As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, a guide groove 53 is formed on the end surface 52 of the battery pack 50, and a latch claw 54 is provided. The guide groove 53 extends in the Y1-Y2 direction. The latch claw 54 is located inside the guide groove 53, is arranged on the Y2 direction side from the end of the guide groove 53 in the Y1 direction, and the front end 54 a of the latch claw 54 is from the end surface 52 of the battery pack 50. It doesn't stick out. An end 53a of the guide groove 53 in the Y1 direction is tapered and can be easily fitted to the guide rail 43.

  The latch claw 54 is provided in the concave portion 56 of the front surface 55 of the battery pack 50 so as to be movable in the X1-X2 direction, and is latched by a spring (not shown) in the X1 direction. Is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 4B and FIG. 7A, the operator attaches the battery pack 50 by holding the battery pack 50 by hand, facing the battery pack housing portion 37, and clicking in the Y1 direction. This is done by pushing to the stop position.

  By this operation, the guide groove 53 is fitted to the guide rail 43 and guided to be inserted in the Y1 direction. As shown in FIG. 7B, the protruding latch claw 54 is latched and attached to the latch recess 44. Is completed.

  As can be seen from FIGS. 7A and 7B, the space occupied by the mechanism for latching remains within the range of the protruding dimension b of the guide rail 43. There is no protrusion from the wall 42 into the space 45. Therefore, the overhanging portion 41 (40) is in a state in which the space 45 between the wall 42 and the side wall 44 of the main body portion 31 having the width w is maximally available, and inside the overhanging portion 41 (40), A speaker 46 having a width c which is substantially equal to the width w is incorporated.

  In the process of mounting the battery pack 50, the latch claw 54 is pushed by the guide rail 43 and once pushed in the X1 direction and then retracted, and then protrudes to fit into the latch recess 44.

  Further, since the latch claw 54 is disposed on the Y2 direction side from the end of the guide groove 53 in the Y1 direction, the fitting of the end of the guide groove 53 in the Y1 direction to the end of the guide rail 43 in the Y2 direction is performed by the latch claw. Smooth start without interference by 54. When the latch claw 54 hits the guide rail 43, a load is applied, and the posture of the battery pack 50 tends to become unstable. However, the latch claw 54 hits the end of the guide rail 43 in the Y2 direction after the guide groove 53 is fitted to the guide rail 43 and the position of the battery pack 50 in the Z1-Z2 direction is regulated. In addition, even when the latch claw 54 hits the guide rail 43 and a load is applied, the posture of the battery pack 50 does not become unstable, and the battery pack 50 is mounted smoothly.

  In addition, the operation of removing the attached battery pack 50 from the main body 31 of the portable personal computer 30 is such that the portable personal computer 30 is turned upside down as shown in FIG. Then, the left and right knobs 59-1 and 59-2 are moved to the center side, and in this state, the fingers of the left and right hands are moved in the Y2 direction. Here, the lower surface of the battery pack 50 has a convex bulging portion 60 that conforms to the shape of the battery accommodated therein, and a finger is easily caught by the bulging portion 60, and an operation to remove the battery pack 50 is performed. It is done smoothly.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the operator lifts the portable personal computer 30 by grasping the left and right sides of the main body 31 with left and right hands while the battery pack 50 is mounted, the battery pack 50 is attached. The thumb hitting the upper surface of the battery pushes the battery pack 50 in the Z2 direction. For this reason, the battery pack 50 is bent so as to be convex in the Z2 direction, and in some cases, the connection between the connector 51 and the connector 39 becomes unstable.

  Therefore, the following measures are taken. As shown in FIG. 8B, on both sides of the connector 51 of the battery pack 50, when charging is performed using a battery charger (not shown), the claws of the battery charger connector (not shown) are provided. Recesses 61-1 and 61-2 (not shown) are formed. As shown in FIG. 8A, the battery pack housing portion 37 of the main body portion 31 is formed with convex portions 62-1 and 62-2 on both sides of the connector 50. With the battery pack 50 mounted, the convex portions 62-1 and 62-2 are fitted in the concave portions 61-1 and 61-2, respectively. Therefore, in the state shown in FIG. 3, even if the operator grips the left and right sides of the main body 31 with the left and right hands and pushes the thumb that is in contact with the upper surface of the battery pack 50 in the Z2 direction, It is restricted from bending. Therefore, the connection between the connector 51 and the connector 50 does not become unstable and maintains a stable state.

  Here, the convex portions 62-1 and 62-2 are formed on the main body 31, and not the concave portions. Therefore, the space inside the main body 31 is not narrowed at all.

  Next, a battery pack mounting structure according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The battery pack mounting structure according to the present embodiment is such that the guide rail and the guide groove are reversed in the above battery pack mounting structure. That is, the guide rail is provided in the battery pack, and the guide groove is provided in the battery pack housing portion. In FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, constituent parts corresponding to those shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 9B and 10A, a guide groove 100 is formed in the wall 42 at the end of the battery pack housing portion 37A of the main body 31A so as to extend in the Y1-Y2 direction. . Near the end of the guide groove 100 in the Y1 direction, a convex portion 101 that fills the guide groove 100 is formed. Reference numeral 102 denotes a groove portion on the Y1 direction side from the convex portion 101. The convex portion 101 and the groove portion 102 constitute a latching portion.

  As shown in FIGS. 9A and 10A, the guide rail 110 extends in the Y1-Y2 direction on the end surface 52A of the battery pack 50A, and the latch claw 111 is provided. is there. The latch claw 111 is provided in alignment with the guide rail 110 on the Y1 side of the guide rail 110.

  As in the case of the battery pack 50 described above, the operation for mounting the battery pack 50A is as shown in FIG. 10A, in which the operator grasps the battery pack 50A by hand and opposes the battery pack housing portion 37A. This is done by pushing to the position that stops in the direction.

  By this operation, the latch claw 111 and the guide rail 110 are fitted and guided in the guide groove 100 and inserted in the Y1 direction, and the latch claw 111 gets over the convex portion 101 as shown in FIG. The fitting is completed by fitting into the groove 102 and being latched.

  The latch pawl 111 gets over the convex portion 101 when the battery pack 50A is inserted deeply into the battery pack housing portion 37A. At this time, the guide rail 110 is sufficiently fitted in the guide groove 100, and the posture of the battery pack 50A does not become unstable even when a load is applied when the latch claw 111 hits the convex portion 101. The load on the operator's hand is at the stage where the battery pack 50A is inserted deeply into the battery pack housing portion 37A, and until then, the operator's hand does not feel a load. Therefore, the battery pack 50A is smoothly mounted in the battery pack housing portion 37A.

  As can be seen from FIGS. 10A and 10B, the space of the mechanism for latching remains within the range of the depth dimension e of the guide groove 100 in the main body 31A. Therefore, there is no protrusion other than the guide groove 100 inside the protruding portion 41A, and a wide space 103 is formed inside the protruding portion 41A.

  Looking at the battery pack 50 </ b> A, the space of the mechanism for latching remains within the range of the protruding dimension f of the guide rail 110. There is no protrusion from the wall 112 forming the end face 52A into the internal space of the battery pack 50A. Therefore, if the size of the battery incorporated in the battery pack 50A is the same, the dimension of the battery pack 50A in the X1-X2 direction is shorter than that of the battery pack 50 described above.

Moreover, the mounting structure that forms the main part of the present invention is not limited to a battery pack, and can also be applied to an expansion unit inserted into a bay of a portable personal computer.
(Appendix 1)
An information processing apparatus in which a guide groove and a guide rail are fitted, a latch claw is engaged with a latch hook, and a detachable unit is mounted on the storage section. The storage section of the information processing apparatus includes a guide rail And an latching portion formed within the protruding range of the guide rail.
(Appendix 2)
An information processing apparatus in which a guide groove and a guide rail are fitted, a latch claw is engaged with a latch hook, and a detachable unit is mounted in the storage section. The storage section of the information processing apparatus includes a guide groove And an latching portion formed within a depth range of the guide groove.
(Appendix 3)
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the latching portion is provided in the middle of the guide rail.
(Appendix 4)
The information processing apparatus according to attachment 2, wherein the latching portion is provided inside the guide groove.
(Appendix 5)
The guide groove and the guide rail are fitted, the latch claw is engaged with the latch hook, the detachable unit is attached to the accommodating portion, and the connector provided in the detachable unit is provided with the connector provided in the accommodating portion. An information processing apparatus to be connected and mounted, wherein the information processing apparatus is fitted into recesses formed on both sides of the detachable unit side connector of the detachable unit on both sides of the connector provided in the information processing apparatus. An information processing apparatus having a convex portion.
(Appendix 6)
The detachable unit that is inserted into and attached to the accommodating portion having the latching portion of the information processing apparatus has a bulging portion in the vicinity of the knob that performs an operation of pulling out the latch claw from the latching portion. Detachable unit.
(Appendix 7)
In a detachable unit that is inserted and mounted in a housing portion having a guide rail and a latch hook portion of an information processing apparatus, a structure having a latch claw that engages with the latch hook portion inside a guide groove that fits into the guide rail Detachable unit characterized by that.
(Appendix 8)
A detachable unit provided in the information processing apparatus and inserted into and mounted in a housing portion having a guide groove and a latch hook portion, and a guide for fitting a latch claw engaging with the latch hook portion into the guide groove. A detachable unit comprising a rail on a side in a traveling direction when the detachable unit is inserted into the housing portion.
(Appendix 9)
In the structure in which the guide groove and the guide rail are fitted, the latch claw is engaged with the latch hook portion, and the detachable unit is inserted and mounted in the housing portion of the information processing apparatus, the detachable unit includes the guide groove and It has a latch claw, and the storage part of the information processing apparatus has a guide rail and a latch hook part, and the latch hook part is formed in a protruding range of the guide rail. The mounting structure of the removable unit to the information processing device.
(Appendix 10)
In the structure in which the guide groove and the guide rail are fitted, the latch claw is engaged with the latch hook portion, and the detachable unit is inserted and mounted in the housing portion of the information processing apparatus, the detachable unit includes the guide rail and The information processing apparatus has a latch claw, and the housing portion of the information processing apparatus has a guide groove and a latch hook portion, and the latch hook portion is formed within a depth range of the guide groove. The mounting structure of the detachable unit to the information processing device
(Appendix 11)
The guide groove and the guide rail are fitted, the latch claw is engaged with the latch hook, the detachable unit is inserted into the accommodating portion of the information processing apparatus, and the connector of the detachable unit is connected to the connector in the accommodating portion. The information processing apparatus has a configuration in which the information processing apparatus has convex portions on both sides of the information processing apparatus side connector that are fitted into the concave portions formed on both sides of the detachable unit side connector of the detachable unit. The mounting structure of the detachable unit to the information processing apparatus characterized by the above.

30 portable personal computer 31 main body 34 liquid crystal display 37 battery pack housing 39, 51 connector 40, 41 overhang 42 wall 43 guide rail 44 latch recess 50 battery pack 53 guide groove 54 latch claw 61-1 and 61-2 Concave portion 62-1, 62-2 Convex portion 100 Guide groove 101 Convex portion 102 Groove portion 110 Guide rail 111 Latch claw

Claims (10)

In an information processing apparatus comprising an information processing apparatus main body and a detachable unit that is detachably attached to the information processing apparatus main body,
The information processing apparatus body includes:
A guide rail that protrudes from the walls on both ends of the housing portion and extends in a direction in which the detachable unit is mounted, and a part of the guide rail are cut away, A latching portion formed in the middle of the housing portion,
The detachable unit is
A guide groove that is fitted to the guide rail of the housing portion; and a latch claw that is engaged with a latch hook portion of the housing portion, and is attached to the housing portion.
An information processing apparatus characterized by that. In an information processing apparatus comprising an information processing apparatus main body and a detachable unit that is detachably attached to the information processing apparatus main body,
The information processing apparatus body includes:
A receiving portion having a guide groove and a latch hook;
A guide groove that is recessed from the housing part and extends in a direction in which the detachable unit is mounted, and a convex part that fills a part of the guide groove, are formed on the walls on both ends of the housing part. A latching portion provided in the depth range of the guide groove inside, and a housing portion having
The detachable unit is
A guide rail fitted in the guide groove of the information processing apparatus main body, and a latch claw engaged with the latch hanging portion, and attached to the accommodating portion;
An information processing apparatus characterized by that.   The accommodating portion has an information processing device side connector to which the connector of the detachable unit is connected, and is formed in concave portions formed on both sides of the connector of the detachable unit on both sides of the information processing device side connector. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a convex portion to be fitted. The detachable unit is
A main body having a length that fits the interval between the walls on both ends of the accommodating portion;
A knob for performing an operation of pulling out the latch claw from the latch hook,
The said main-body part has a bulging part in the site | part of the side of the direction moved when a detachable unit removes from the said accommodating part with respect to the said knob, The Claim 1 thru | or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Information processing device.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detachable unit includes a battery. A detachable unit that is inserted into and attached to the housing portion of the information processing apparatus including a housing portion having a guide rail and a latch hook portion,
The guide rail protrudes from the walls on both ends of the housing portion into the housing portion, and extends in a direction in which the detachable unit is attached and detached.
The latch hanging portion is formed by cutting out a part of the guide rail on the back side with respect to the entrance of the housing portion,
A guide groove fitted to the guide rail;
A latch claw that is aligned with the guide groove in the mounting direction of the detachable unit with respect to the housing portion and is engaged with the latch hook portion;
A detachable unit comprising: A detachable unit that is inserted into and attached to the housing portion of the information processing apparatus having a housing portion having a guide groove and a latching portion;
The guide groove is recessed from the housing portion on the walls on both ends of the housing portion, and extends in a direction in which the detachable unit is mounted.
The latch hanging portion is provided within the guide groove within the depth range of the guide groove by a convex portion filling a part of the guide groove,
A guide rail that fits into the guide groove;
A latch claw engaged with the latch hook,
The latch claw is sized to fit into the latch hook, and is aligned with the guide rail and fits into the guide groove before the guide rail when the detachable unit is mounted. Provided in the
A detachable unit characterized by that. The accommodating portion has an information processing device side connector to which a connector of the detachable unit is connected and a recess formed on both sides thereof.
The detachable unit according to claim 6, further comprising: a connector connected to the information processing apparatus-side connector when mounted in the housing portion; and a convex portion fitted into the concave portion. . A main body having a length that fits the interval between the walls on both ends of the accommodating portion;
A knob for performing an operation of pulling out the latch claw from the latch hook,
The said main-body part has a bulging part in the site | part of the side of the direction moved when a detachable unit remove | deviates from the said accommodating part with respect to the said knob, The any one of Claim 6 thru | or 8 characterized by the above-mentioned. Detachable unit.   The detachable unit according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the detachable unit incorporates a battery.

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