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Expansion unit and electronic apparatus

US6525932B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 2000
Grant dateFeb 25, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/1632
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention has an exemplified object to provide an expansion unit and electronic apparatus that may render the electronic apparatus multifunctional while maintaining its compact, lightweight, and low-profile body. To achieve this object, the expansion unit that can be inserted into an expansion unit slot in a portable electronic apparatus is so configured as to partially project from the expansion unit slot.

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