Patent ID: 8547696

Claim:
A latch module adapted to an electronic device, the electronic device having a first body and a second body, the first and second bodies being opened and closed relative to each other, the latch module being configured in the first body, the latch module latching the second body when the first body is closed relative to the second body, the latch module comprising: a pressing member movably configured in and passing through the first body along a first axis; a linking member pivoted to the first body, the pressing member leaning against the linking member; and a latch configured in the first body along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the linking member leaning against the latch, the pressing member moving relative to the first body along the first axis to press the linking member and rotate the linking member relative to the first body, such that the linking member drives the latch to move relative to the first body along the second axis; and the linking member being an L-shaped with a body, a first linking portion, and a second linking portion, the first and second linking portions being located at two opposite sides of the body, the body being pivoted to the first body, such that the first and second linking portions rotate relative to the first body, the pressing member leaning against the first linking portion, the second linking portion leaning against the latch; and the body being located in a corner of the L-shaped member, a length of the first linking member being shorter than a length of the second linking member.