Patent ID: 8315041
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connecting mechanism for connecting a first housing and a second housing together, the second housing defining a slot, the connecting mechanism comprising: a fixing member for being fixed on the first housing, wherein the fixing member comprises a top surface defining two first openings at its two ends, and a side surface defining two second openings, each of the first openings is communicated with a corresponding second opening; two connecting elements connected to the fixing member and each comprising a main body, a pin protruding from the main body, and an enlarged head on the pin, wherein each of the two connecting elements further comprises two elastic tabs extending from the bottom surface of the main body, each tab comprises a hook at its end, the tabs are inserted into the two first openings of the top surface with the hooks engaging with the two second openings of the side surface, thereby snap connecting the two connecting elements to the fixing member; and a movable member comprising two sliding grooves, wherein the heads are received in the two sliding grooves, and the main bodies are located outside of the sliding grooves, respectively; wherein, to connect the first housing and the second housing together, the second housing is moved to cause the movable member to totally pass through the slot, the movable member is rotated from a vertical orientation to a substantially horizontal orientation and rests on the second housing.