Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device
AssigneesShenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Co,.Ltd., Sutech Trading Limited
InventorsYing-Liang Tu, Chia-Hua Chen
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Abstract
A battery cover assembly includes a battery cover (20), a housing (10), and a locking member (30). The battery cover has a receiving hole (16) defined therein. The receiving hole is located proximate to one end of the battery cover. The housing has a locking part (19) defined in one end thereof. The locking part includes a receiving groove (192) and a resisting portion protruding from a bottom of the receiving groove. The locking member has an operating portion (32) and a latching ear (34). The operating portion is rotatably mounted in the receiving hole of the battery cover. The latching ear extends from one side of the operating portion. The latching ear is configured so as to be releasably engageable with the locking part of the housing.
Claims17
A battery cover assembly, comprising:
- a battery cover, the battery cover having a receiving hole defined therein, the receiving hole being located proximate to one end of the battery cover;
- a housing, the housing having a locking part formed in one end thereof, the locking part including a receiving groove and a resisting portion protruding into the receiving groove;
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- a locking member, the locking member having an operating portion and a latching ear, the operating portion rotatably mounted in the receiving hole of the battery cover, and the latching ear protruding from one side of the operating portion and being movably received in the receiving groove;
- wherein
- when the battery cover is loosely attached on the housing in a first position, the latching ear is received in the receiving groove distal from the resisting portion;
- when the battery cover is slid to a second position, the latching ear abuts a first side of the resisting portion in the receiving groove;
- and
- when the operating portion is rotated a predetermined angle, the latching ear abuts an opposite second side of the resisting portion such that the battery cover is locked on the housing.
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a battery cover, the battery cover having a receiving hole defined therein, the receiving hole being located proximate to one end of the battery cover;
- a housing, the housing having a locking part formed adjacent to one end thereof;
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- a locking member, the locking member having an operating portion and a latching ear, the operating portion being rotatably mounted in the receiving hole of the battery cover, the latching ear extending from one side of the operating portion, the latching ear being configured so as to be slidably and rotatably received in the locking part of the housing;
- when the latching ear is slid a predetermined distance in the locking part, the latching ear can then be rotated a predetermined angle to be locked in the locking part such that the battery cover is removably locked to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.