Patent ID: 7682727
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device comprising: a battery for providing electricity to the portable electronic device; a housing for accommodating the battery; a battery cover for covering the battery with a plurality of catch hooks formed thereon a latch affixed to the housing in a slidable manner along a first direction, wherein when the latch is at a first position, the latch is engaged with at least one of the plurality of catch hooks to fix the battery cover and the housing together; and an elastic unit having a first end connected to the latch and a second end disposed under the battery cover when the latch in at the first position for lifting the battery cover when the latch is at a second position; wherein the at least one of the plurality of catch hooks has a downwardly tapering lower end portion, which is disposed in the elastic unit when the latch is at the first position, and when the latch moves from the first position to the second position, the first end of the elastic unit is driven by the latch and produces a force pulling back the second end of the elastic unit, and the second end of the elastic unit is blocked by the downwardly tapering lower end portion of at least one of the plurality of catch hooks and a force is thus produced and applied to the surface of the downwardly tapering end portion, and thus when the latch is at the second position, the battery cover is lifted up and released from the housing.