Patent ID: 8080757
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A sliding button mechanism of a portable electronic device, comprising: a housing including a first case and a second case assembled together, the first case defining a first assembling gap, the second case defining a second assembling gap corresponding to the first assembling gap, the first assembling gap being aligned with the second assembling gap to form an aperture; the first case further including two retaining members and the second case further including two connecting members, the two retaining members corresponding to the two connecting members and respectively aligned with the two connecting members; a button slidably mounted on the housing and closing the aperture, the button including a main body slidably received in the housing; when the button is slid, the two retaining members and the two connecting members cooperatively limiting the main body at predetermined positions; and a conductive and elastic connector member secured on the button, wherein the connector member is driven to selectively contact different contact areas of a circuit board of the portable electronic device and generate different electronic connections as the button is slid in the aperture.