Patent ID: 7744000
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06K,H04B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A chip card retaining mechanism for retaining a chip card mounted in an electronic device, the electronic device including a housing, the housing having a battery compartment defined therein, the chip card retaining mechanism comprising: a receiving portion defined in the housing for fittingly receiving the chip card therein, the receiving portion having an opening in communication with the battery compartment of the electronic device; and a locking assembly comprising: wherein the housing has an inner wall defining the battery compartment adjacent to the opening, the inner wall defines an arcuate slot extending from a bottom of the battery compartment to an upper surface of the housing; a connecting plate extends from the inner wall and is offset from the opening, the latch member comprising a cylindrical end portion, the rotation mechanism includes a through hole defined in the cylindrical end portion, and a fixing post extends from the connecting plate to the upper surface of the housing and parallel to the inner wall, and the fixing post rotatably extends through the through hole.