Mounting device for mobile information terminal, and mobile information terminal

• US 20070142097A1
• Filed: 02/06/2007
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Atsushi Saso, Daisuke Iino, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Makoto Fujimoto, Norihiko Kobayashi, Shogo Hamasaki
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Norihiko, Fujimoto, Makoto, Saso, Atsushi, Hamasaki, Shogo, Watanabe, Kazuhisa, Iino, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 7,424,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/572
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence

Abstract

A mounting device includes a case that has an insertion inlet for a mobile information terminal, a connector that establishes electrical connection to the mobile information terminal inserted in the insertion inlet, and an ejection mechanism that ejects the mobile information terminal after completion of processing through the connector. After the completion of the processing, by an action of the ejection mechanism, the mobile information terminal is popped up from the mounting device, and a user is understandably notified of the completion of the processing.

Claims

1. A mobile information terminal comprising:

a card insertion unit adapted to have a card inserted therein,

wherein said card insertion unit has a plurality of windows through which the card inserted therein is visually recognizable from outside.