Patent ID: 7626816

Claim:
A housing of a foldable electronic device, the housing comprising: a first cover including a lock receiving portion, a second cover including a fixing portion and a first sliding portion, a latching member including a lock portion configured for engaging with the lock receiving portion, a contact member including a contact portion and a second sliding portion, the contact portion being partially exposed out of the second cover, the second sliding portion engaging with the first sliding portion, and a resilient member; wherein the latching member includes a pivot hole and a first transmission portion, the pivot hole engages with the fixing portion such that the latching member is rotatable relative to the fixing portion, the contact member further includes a second transmission portion, the second transmission portion engages with the first transmission portion and is able to drive the latching member to rotate, the resilient member drives the latching member to rotate to its original position when the latching member is driven by the second transmission portion to rotate predetermined degrees; and wherein the latching member further includes a retaining portion, the second cover includes force receiving portion, the resilient member is a torsion spring, the spring coils of the resilient member is looped around the retaining portion with one end of the resilient member resisting the force receiving portion.