Patent ID: 7522409
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A positioning mechanism comprising: a slide base, disposed over a bottom surface of a second device and slidable in a first sliding direction and an opposite, second sliding direction, wherein the slide base has a track disposed thereon defining a closed sliding path, and the closed sliding path defines a first positioning point, a first release point, a second positioning point, and second release point; a rotation arm with a first end and a second end, the first end being disposed on the bottom surface of the second device around a pivot, and the second end having a slide member capable of being positioned at the first positioning point or the second positioning point along the sliding path of the track; and an elastic member provided on the bottom surface, said elastic member being configured to cause the second end of the rotation arm to rotate and to cause the slide base to slide; wherein the slide member of the first end of the rotation arm is caused to move in only one direction along the closed sliding path.