Battery cover latching mechanism for portable electronic device

Details Battery cover latching mechanism for portable electronic device Battery cover latching mechanism for portable electronic device

2006-04-04

2008-10-28

Engle, Patricia (Department: 3673)

Closure fasteners

Bolts

Sliding

C292SDIG037, C292S170000, C292S169140

Reexamination Certificate

active

07441813

ABSTRACT:
A battery cover latching mechanism (300) for latching a battery cover (20) on a housing (10) of a portable electronic device. The battery cover has a fixing portion (204) defining a hollow (206) therein. The latching mechanism includes a button (30), a locking member (40) and an elastic member (60). The button (30) has an inclined surface (308). The locking member has a claw (408) engaged with the hollow and a slanted surface (414) that resists the inclined surface. The button is mounted in the housing and is movable along a first direction. When the button moves along the first direction, the locking member is driven to slide along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, so as to move the claw from a first position where the claw engages in the hollow to a second position where the claw releases from the hollow.

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