Patent ID: 7371088

Claim:
A chip card retaining mechanism for retaining a chip card mounted in an electronic device, the electronic device including a housing, the housing defining a battery compartment and a cavity, the chip card retaining mechanism comprising: a base established within the housing and located in the cavity, the base and the housing cooperatively defining a receiving space, the receiving space being configured for receiving and retaining a chip card, the base having a latching mechanism formed at one end thereof, the latching mechanism being adjacent to the battery compartment; and an elastic member installed in the housing; wherein the elastic member and the latching mechanism together are structured and arranged such that, when the chip card is received in the receiving space, a first end of the chip card resists the elastic member and an opposite second end of the chip card resists the latching mechanism; and further wherein the elastic member is configured such that, when the chip card is removed from the receiving space, the elastic member automatically pushes the chip card out of the receiving space.