Patent ID: 8440340
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery latching assembly for a portable electronic device, the battery latching assembly comprising: a base body defining a cavity bounded by a base portion, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall, the first sidewall defining a first hole and a second hole, the first hole and the second hole communicating with a first side and a second side of the first sidewall, wherein the second hole is in a concave section, two tabs projecting from the first side of the first sidewall and parallel to the base portion; a latching member including a main section, a resisting block, a button portion and a bent arm integrally formed together, two cutouts defined at a first edge of the main section, the button portion and the bent arm extending from a second edge of the main section, the resisting block extending from one surface of the main section, the surface of the main section facing the first side of the first sidewall, the tabs latched in the cutouts for positioning the latching member on the base body, the resisting block extending into the first hole from the first side of the first sidewall, and exposed from the second side of the first sidewall configured for abutting against a battery, the button portion received in the second hole from the first side of the first sidewall and exposed from the second side of the first sidewall, the button portion is moved from the second side of the first sidewall to deform the bent arm deformed to allow the resisting block to separate from the first hole to releasably latch the battery.