Patent ID: 8270685

Claim:
A fingerprint reader for an electronic apparatus, comprising: a cover exposed on the electronic apparatus; a collection header disposed under the cover; a support member supporting the cover and defining a sliding block; two sliding rails supported by the electronic apparatus and defining two slideways from up to down; a button of the support member exposed on one side of the electronic apparatus; a sliding groove formed on the bottom side from one sidewall of the cover; a first protruding portion extended from the same sidewall as the sliding groove; a second protruding portion extended from another sidewall of the cover; wherein the sliding block is engaged with the sliding groove, the first protruding portion is latched in the slideway of one sliding rail and the second protruding portion is latched in the slideway of the other sliding rail; when the button is pressed, the sliding block touches the sliding groove to push the two protruding portions to move along the corresponding slideways from up to down at the same time, the sliding block moves along a first orientation, and the cover tilts along a second orientation and the collection header is exposed to outside.