Patent ID: 8340734

Claim:
A sliding mechanism for a portable electronic device, comprising: a fixing member including at least one sidewall; at least one first elastic member arranged at the sidewall of the fixing member, the first elastic member including an arcuate first resisting section; a sliding member including at least one flange; at least one second elastic member arranged at the flange of the sliding member, the second elastic member including an arcuate second resisting section, the second resisting section being shorter than the first resisting section; wherein the sliding member is assembled with the fixing member, the flange is adjacent to the sidewall, the first resisting section and the second resisting section are positioned between the sidewall and the flange, the second resisting section elastically resists against the first resisting section, when the sliding member slides over a predetermined distance relative to the fixing member, the sliding member automatically further slides due to the resilient forces generated between the first resisting section and the second resisting section; wherein the fixing member includes a plate portion having two opposite sidewalls, each sidewall forms two opposite latching blocks thereon, the latching blocks secure opposite ends of the first elastic member, and the first resisting section protrudes laterally relative to the sidewall, the two latching blocks are oppositely formed at two ends of the sidewall, and an assembling space is formed between the two latching blocks, each latching block includes an inside surface and an outer surface, a clamping gap is defined between the inside surface and the sidewall for communicating with the assembling space to latch the first elastic member.