Battery cover latching assembly for portable electronic device
AssigneesShenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
InventorsZhou-Quan Zuo, Chia-Hua Chen
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Abstract
A battery cover latching assembly (50) for a portable electronic device (100) includes a housing (20), a first cover (10) configured for attaching to a first side of the housing, and a second cover (30) configured for attaching to a second side of the housing. The battery cover latching assembly includes a locking portion (131), a latch (342), and a button (40). The locking portion is formed on the first cover. The latch is formed on the second cover, the latch is engageable with the locking portion so as to lock the first cover and second cover with each other. The button is configured so as to be retained by the housing, the button is operable to deform the latch so as to unlock the first cover and the second cover.
Claims13
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a housing having a through hole and a button hole defined therein, the button hole communicating with the through hole, the housing further comprising a main partition wall, a plurality of claw portions being formed in the partition wall;
- a battery cover attached to a first side of the housing, the battery cover including a locking portion, a main body, two opposite long sides and two opposite short sides, the two long sides and the two short sides cooperatively surrounding the main body, the main body having an inner surface, a plurality of first claws being disposed on the inner surface of the main body, adjacent to each long side, one end of each first claw being connected with the inner surface of the battery cover, and the other end of each first claw being hooked, the claw portions being respectively engaged with their corresponding first claws;
- a front cover attached to an opposite second side of the housing, the front cover including a latch, the latch extending through the through hole along a first axis, and releasably engaging with the locking portion;
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- a button engaged in the button hole, the button being movable along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis to disengage the locking portion from the latch.
A cover latching assembly for a portable electronic device including a housing, the housing comprising a main partition wall, a plurality of claw portions being formed in the partition wall, a first cover configured for attaching to a first side of the housing, and a second cover configured for attaching to a second side of the housing, the first cover comprising a main body, two opposite long sides and two opposite short sides, the two long sides and the two short sides cooperatively surrounding the main body, the main body having an inner surface, the cover latching assembly comprising:
- a plurality of first claws disposed on the inner surface of the main body, adjacent to each long side, one end of each first claw being connected with the inner surface of the battery cover, and the other end of each first claw being hooked, the claw portions being respectively engaged with their corresponding first claws;
- a locking portion formed on the first cover;
- a latch formed on the second cover, the latch being engageable with the locking portion so as to lock the first cover and second cover with each other;
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- a button configured so as to be retained by the housing, the button being operable to deform the latch so as to unlock the first cover and the second cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.