Patent ID: 8833805
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a lower housing including a battery compartment; an upper housing coupled to the lower housing and slidable relative thereto in a first linear direction between a closed position and an open position; and a battery cover adapted to engage the lower housing and move generally in the first linear direction relative to the lower housing from an unlatched position to a latched position in which the battery cover is adapted to interlock with the lower housing and enclose the battery compartment, wherein the battery cover is moveable relative to the lower housing in a second linear direction generally opposing the first linear direction from the latched position to the unlatched position, wherein the battery cover defines a planar central region; wherein the upper and lower housings are adapted so that a first tactile force is required to move the upper housing in the first linear direction relative to the lower housing to the open position, wherein the battery cover and the lower housing are adapted so that a second tactile force is required to move the battery cover in the second linear direction relative to the lower housing from the latched position to the unlatched position, and wherein the first tactile force is less than the second tactile force, wherein the battery cover comprises a raised post element that extends perpendicularly outwardly from the planar central region, and the lower housing comprises a beam assembly having a beam element, the post element and the beam assembly adapted to interlock with one another when the battery cover is in the latched position; wherein, when moving the battery cover between the latched and unlatched positions, the post element engages and bears against the beam element, and causes the beam element to resiliently deflect laterally inwardly towards a centerline of the portable electronic device and in a direction parallel to the planar central region.