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US 2010/0136400 A1Published application
Latching module, battery cover assembly using the latching module and portable electronic device using the battery cover assembly
AssigneeFIH (Hong Kong) Limited
InventorsMU-WEN YANG, CHIH-CHIANG CHANG
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Abstract
A latching module includes a main body and two elastic members. The main body includes two opposite sidewalls and a first surface connecting with the sidewalls, the first surface configured for resisting the battery. The two elastic members are respectively mounted to the sidewalls of the main body. Each elastic member has at least one latching portion and at least one stopping portion.
Claims20
A latching module for securing a battery, the latching module comprising:
- a main body comprising two opposite sidewalls and a first surface connecting with the sidewalls, the first surface configured for resisting the battery;
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- two elastic members respectively mounted to the sidewalls of the main body, each comprising at least one latching portion and at least one stopping portion thereon.
A battery cover assembly, comprising:
- a battery cover;
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- a latching module releasably latched to the battery cover and comprising:
- a main body comprising two opposite sidewalls and a first surface connecting with the sidewalls, the first surface configured for resisting a battery;
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- two elastic members respectively mounted to the sidewalls of the main body, each comprising at least one latching portion and at least one stopping portion thereon;
- wherein the latching portions are releasably latched with the battery cover, and the stopping portions are configured to resist an inner surface of the battery cover to stop the latching module from disengaging from the battery cover.
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A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a battery housing member comprising a compartment defined therein receiving a battery;
- a battery cover slidably mounted on the battery housing member and covering the compartment;
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- a latching module releasably latched to the battery cover and resisting the battery;
- wherein the latching module is released from the battery cover and withdraws from the battery to release the battery, facilitating removal of the battery from the compartment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.