Patent ID: 8385063
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F,H04M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a body defining two sliding slots and comprising at least one locking portion; a sliding apparatus received in the two sliding slots and slidable relative thereto; a cover rotatably coupled to the sliding apparatus and confined between the two sliding slots; and a latch assembly fixed to the sliding apparatus; wherein when the cover slides away from the two sliding slots, the latch assembly is operated to fasten with the at least one locking portion, the sliding apparatus is latched to the body, and the cover is rotatable relative to the sliding apparatus; wherein the body comprises a first locking portion and a second locking portion, the first locking portion and the second locking portion are located at a first end and a second end opposite to the first end of the body, the cover is capable of being moved from the first end to the second end by sliding the sliding apparatus in the two sliding slots, wherein both at the first end and the second end, the latch assembly is operated to fasten with the first locking portion and the second locking portion, thereby when the latch assembly is fastened with the first locking portion, the electronic device is capable of being configured to operate in a compact fashion, and when the latch assembly is fastened with the second locking portion, the electronic device is capable of being configured to operate in a foldable fashion; and wherein the latch assembly comprises a handle portion, a latching portion, at least one first elastic element, and at least one second elastic element, the handle portion is elastically and slidably coupled to the sliding apparatus via the at least one first elastic element, the latching portion is slidably coupled to the handle portion and is elastically coupled to the sliding apparatus via the at least one second elastic element, the handle portion is fixed to the latching portion, and the handle portion is configured to drive the latching portion to slide relative to the sliding apparatus.