# US 2021/0278880 A1 · Electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0278880 A1 - Document ID: US20210278880A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/166,096 - Filed: 2021-02-03 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-05 - Assignees: Pegatron Corporation - Applicants: Pegatron Corporation - Inventors: Chun-Fu Chang; Hsiao-Fan Chen; I-Tien Hsieh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210278880A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/1654: {the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use} - E05B 65/0067: {for portable computers, e.g. for locking the screen panel to the keyboard panel} - G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations} - G06F 1/1679: {for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA (G06F1/1681 takes precedence)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS ## Abstract Disclosed is an electronic device, including a first housing, a second housing, and a snap release module. The first housing is provided with a fastening slot. The second housing is provided with an accommodation slot. The snap release module is accommodated in the accommodation slot, and includes a slide member, an elastic component, a hook, and a stop member. The slide member reciprocates in a first axial direction. When the first housing is assembled to the second housing in the second axial direction, the slide member is located at the snap position for the hook to be buckled in the fastening slot, and the first housing presses the stop member so that the stop member abuts against the slide member. When the slide member slides from the snap position to the release position, the stop member stops the slide member and the hook is detached from the fastening slot. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a first housing, provided with a fastening slot; a second housing, provided with an accommodation slot; and a snap release module, accommodated in the accommodation slot, the snap release module comprising: a slide member, reciprocating in a first axial direction to be located at a snap position or a release position; an elastic component, abutting between the second housing and the slide member, to provide an elastic force in the first axial direction; a hook, disposed on the slide member, wherein an arrangement position of the hook corresponds to the position of the fastening slot of the first housing; and a stop member, disposed on a movement path of the slide member, protruding from the accommodation slot, and reciprocable in a second axial direction perpendicular to the first axial direction, wherein when the first housing is assembled to the second housing along the second axial direction, the slide member is located at the snap position for the hook to be buckled in the fastening slot, and the first housing presses the stop member so that the stop member abuts against the slide member; when the slide member slides from the snap position to the release position to cause the hook to detach from the fastening slot, the stop member stops the slide member at the release position, and the slide member pushes the elastic component to the second housing to generate the elastic force; and when the first housing is detached from the second housing along the second axial direction, the stop member moves away from the slide member along the second axial direction, and the slide member slides from the release position to the snap position by the elastic force. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the slide member comprises a positioning slot and a guide slot, the stop member comprises a reciprocable positioning column, and when the first housing is assembled to the second housing and the slide member moves from the snap position to the release position, the guide slot moves relative to the positioning column until the positioning slot moves below the positioning column, so that the positioning column abuts against the positioning slot. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the stop member comprises a body, a first elastic component, and a second elastic component, the body comprises an accommodating space, the first elastic component abuts between the body and the second housing, to provide a first elastic force to the body, the positioning column and the second elastic component are assembled in the accommodating space, and the second elastic component abuts between the body and the positioning column, to provide a second elastic force to the positioning column, so that the positioning column is able to protrude from or to be accommodated in the accommodating space of the body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the snap release module further comprises a limiting member, the slide member comprises a limiting part disposed in the first axial direction, and the limiting member passes through the limiting part, to restrict the slide member to move along the first axial direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the snap release module further comprises a first operating member, the first operating member is disposed on the slide member and is exposed from the surface of the second housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the snap release module further comprises a second operating member, the second operating member is assembled between the first operating member and the second housing, the second operating member moves between an operable position and an anti-mistouch position, and when the second operating member is located at the anti-mistouch position, the second operating member abuts against the second housing and stops the first operating member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the second operating member comprises an operating part, the first operating member is provided with a through groove, and the operating part correspondingly passes through and slides in the through groove. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the second operating member further comprises a protruding part protruding toward the accommodation slot, the second housing is provided with a first opening groove and a second opening groove, the first opening groove extends along the first axial direction, the second opening groove extends along the second axial direction, the protruding part passes through and slides in the first opening groove or the second opening groove, when the second operating member is located at the operable position, the second operating member slides in the first opening groove, and when the second operating member is located at the anti-mistouch position, the second operating member slides to the second opening groove. ### Claim 9 An electronic device, comprising: a housing, comprising an accommodation slot; and a snap release module, accommodated in the accommodation slot, the snap release module comprising: a slide member, reciprocating in a first axial direction to be located at a snap position or a release position; an elastic component, abutting between the housing and the slide member, to provide an elastic force when the slide member is located at the release position, so that the slide member is reset to the snap position; a hook, disposed on the slide member; and a stop member, disposed on a movement path of the slide member, protruding from the accommodation slot, and reciprocable in a second axial direction perpendicular to the first axial direction, to be suitable for stopping the slide member in the snap position or the release position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the stop member comprises a positioning column, a body, a first elastic component, and a second elastic component, the body comprises an accommodating space, the first elastic component abuts between the body and the housing, to provide a first elastic force to the body, the positioning column and the second elastic component are assembled in the accommodating space, and the second elastic component abuts between the body and the positioning column, to provide a second elastic force to the positioning column, so that the positioning column is able to protrude from or to be accommodated in the accommodating space of the body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the snap release module further comprises a limiting member, the slide member comprises a limiting part disposed in the first axial direction, and the limiting member passes through the limiting part, to restrict the slide member to move along the first axial direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the snap release module further comprises a first operating member, the first operating member is disposed on the slide member and is exposed from the surface of the housing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the snap release module further comprises a second operating member, the second operating member is assembled between the first operating member and the housing, the second operating member moves between an operable position and an anti-mistouch position, and when the second operating member is located at the anti-mistouch position, the second operating member abuts against the housing and stops the first operating member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the second operating member comprises an operating part, the first operating member is provided with a through groove, and the operating part correspondingly passes through and slides in the through groove. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the second operating member further comprises a protruding part protruding toward the accommodation slot, the housing is provided with a first opening groove and a second opening groove, the first opening groove extends along the first axial direction, the second opening groove extends along the second axial direction, the protruding part passes through and slides in the first opening groove or the second opening groove, when the second operating member is located at the operable position, the second operating member slides in the first opening groove, and when the second operating member is located at the anti-mistouch position, the second operating member slides to the second opening groove.