Sicherheitsmechanismus für tragbaren Rechner

摘要

To intend to inhibit an instrument such as a HDD or the like from being detached from an information processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus itself is engaged with an external fixed location and to allow an instrument such as a HDD or the like to be easily detached from the information processing apparatus when it is not so engaged. A body capable of receiving a detachable instrument used for information processing (for example, a storage unit such as a cartridge HDD or FDD, a cartridge IC memory, a card memory, or the like, a battery pack, a communication instrument, etc.), a movable member for allowing the instrument to be detached from the body when the movable member is at a first position and for inhibiting the instrument from being detached from the body when the movable member is at a second position, the member being capable of moving between the first position and the second position and being operated from the outside of the body, and an engaging member operable to inhibit the movable member from moving from the second position to the first position when the body is engaged with an external place and operable to allow the movable member to move from the second position to the first position when the body is not engaged with the external location are provided.