Patent ID: 8899702

Claim:
An electronic apparatus comprising: a shell base defining an internal space and having an abutment portion that is disposed in said internal space and that is formed with a limit groove opening upwardly; a shell cover coupled detachably to said shell base, covering said internal space and slidable relative to said shell base along a slide direction, said shell cover having a through hole aligned with said limit groove of said abutment portion; and a latch mechanism including an operating component that has an access portion disposed outside said shell cover, and a pair of spaced-apart support portions extending from said access portion into said internal space through said through hole, a pivot axle that is adjacent to said through hole, that extends through said support portions of said operating component, and that has a pair of end parts disposed respectively at opposite lateral sides of said support portions, said end parts being coupled rotatably to said shell cover, and a driving axle that extends through said support portions of said operating component, that is spaced apart from said pivot axle, that is disposed in said internal space and that is received and vertically-movable in said limit groove of said abutment portion of said shell base, said access portion being pivotable about said pivot axle between a closed position to be flush with said shell cover, and an open position, wherein a distal end of said access portion is away from said shell cover, wherein, during movement of said access portion from the closed position to the open position, said driving axle is positioned in the slide direction relative to said shell base due to engagement between said driving axle and said abutment portion, thereby resulting in movement of said pivot axle and said shell cover in the slide direction relative to said shell base; wherein said shell cover further has an inner surface facing said internal space, said latch mechanism further including a resilient member that is fastened to said inner surface of said shell cover and that biases said driving axle upwardly for maintaining said access portion at the open and closed position; and wherein said resilient member is bent from a strip of sheet metal, and has an extension groove for extension of said abutment portion.