Patent ID: 8730680

Claim:
A chip card holding mechanism, comprising: a support bracket defining a receiving chamber and an opening communicating with the receiving chamber; a resilient member fixed to the support bracket at an end of the support bracket opposite to the opening, and partial received in the receiving chamber; a latching assembly rotatably fixed to the support bracket and further comprising an elastic member and a pair of hooking members, each hooking member comprising a connecting portion at a first end thereof and a latching portion adjacent to the first end, the two connecting portions of the two hooking members being connected together by the elastic member; and a tray slidably assembled to the support bracket and capable of being received into or ejected out of the receiving chamber via the latching assembly, wherein the tray comprises an accommodating space defined thereon to receive a chip card, and comprises a pair of opposite sidewalls integrally adjacent to the accommodating space, each sidewall defining a latching groove according to the corresponding latching portion; and the tray is received in the receiving chamber by having the latching portions of the latching assembly engaging in the latching grooves and resisting the resilient member.