Patent ID: 8094439
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H01M,H04M,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching mechanism for a portable electronic device, comprising: a frame defining a chamber and forming a first side wall and a second side wall, the second side wall defining a hole; at least one elastic member; a latching member including a plate portion, a protruding block protruding from a side of the plate portion, and a matching body protruding from another side of the plate portion, the matching body having a slanted plane; a button including a resisting portion; wherein the elastic member, the latching member and the button are received in the chamber, the elastic member is compressed between the latching member and the first side wall, the plate portion abuts against the second side wall and the protruding block extends out through the hole of the second side wall, the resisting portion of the button engages with the slanted plane of the matching body, the latching member slides when the button is pressed and the protruding block withdraws into the chamber.