Patent ID: 8405979
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H01M,H04M,H05K,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cover latching system for latching a cover to a housing, the cover latching system comprising: a latching hole defined in the housing; a mounting element located on the cover, the mounting element comprising a base wall and two opposite side walls, the base wall connected between the two side walls and cooperatively defining a mounting groove; an operating element slidably mounted in the mounting element to the cover, the operating element comprising a latching body, a key and two retaining blocks protruding from the latching body; and at least one elastic element; wherein the mounting element further comprises two resisting blocks, each resisting block protruding from an inner surface of one of the two opposite side walls; the operating element further comprises two hooks, and each hook protrudes outwardly from a corresponding one of the retaining blocks; each hook resists a corresponding one of the resisting blocks to prevent the operating element from separating from the mounting element; and wherein the at least one elastic element is received in the mounting groove and is resisted between the latching body and the base wall, the two retaining blocks are slidably mounted in the mounting groove to respectively latch with the two opposite side walls, the latching body is latched in the latching hole to latch the cover to the housing; when the key is slid in a first direction, the latching body slides out of the latching hole to release the cover from the housing.