Patent ID: 8625287

Claim:
A portable electronic device comprising: a housing defining an opening; and a chip card ejecting mechanism comprising: a cover slidably retained in the opening, the cover including a hook; a tray retained to the cover, the tray for accommodating a chip card; a hinge carrier retained to the housing, the hinge carrier including a biasing plate resisting the cover; a hinge including a shaft, and a latching block and a resisting block protruding from the shaft, the shaft rotatably retained to the hinge carrier so the hinge is capable of rotating relative to the hinge carrier, the resisting block resisting the biasing plate, the latching block releasably latched with the hook to hold the cover in the opening; a spring retained between the hinge and the hinge carrier, the spring providing an elastic force to make the latching block latch with the hook; wherein the hinge is driven to rotate relative to the hinge carrier with the spring being compressed until the latching block is unfastened from the hook and the resisting block biases the biasing plate to push the cover out of the opening.