Patent ID: 7180754
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: H01M,H04M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A connecting mechanism for a battery case and a body of a portable electronic device, comprising: a main body, having a receptacle; a connecting member, having a body and at least one mounting portion; a cover defining a sliding space; a shaft extending through said at least one mounting portion and mounted in the receptacle; wherein the connecting member is slidably received in the sliding space of the cover, and the connecting member is rotatable together with the cover about the shaft; wherein the cover defines at least one groove in an inside thereof, at least one block is formed on the inside of the cover at an outer side of said at least one groove such that it partially underlies said at least one groove, and a space defined by said at least one block together with said at least one groove cooperatively defines the sliding space; wherein the cover includes a bent portion at one side thereof, at least one projection is provided on an inside of the bent portion, a sidewall of the main body defines at least one notch, and said at least one projection of the bent portion is engaged in said at least one notch of the sidewall of the main body when the cover is in a fully closed position; and wherein a guiding projection is formed on an inside of the cover, the connecting member defines a slot, and the guiding projection is slidably received in the slot.