Patent ID: 7699659

Claim:
A surface contact card latching assembly in a portable electronic device body, the latching assembly comprising: a receiving portion formed on the device body and configured for receiving a surface contact card therein, the receiving portion having an aperture formed at a first end thereof via which the surface contact card enters or exits, and a latching containing portion formed at an opposite second end thereof; and a latch portion received in the latching containing portion, the latch portion being operable to move in the latching containing portion so as to drive the surface contact card to move out of the receiving portion through the aperture; wherein, the portable electronic device body comprises a partition wall, a through hole extending through the partition wall is defined at one end of the latching containing portion and is apart from the aperture of the receiving portion, the through hole is a T-shaped hole, and has a tail hole extending toward the aperture and a pair of arm holes defined with one at each of two sides of the tail hole.