Cover latch mechanism and portable electronic device using same
AssigneeFIH (Hong Kong) Limited
InventorsChia-Wei Hu, Chih-Chiang Chang
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Abstract
A cover latching mechanism (100) used in a portable electronic device is described including a latching base (20), a cover member (10), a latching member (40), and a releasing member (30). The cover member has a latching protrusion (14) arranged on it. The latching member is used to latch the cover member to the latching base and defines a latch space (464) and a release space (462). The cover member can be latched to the latching base by latching the latching protrusion into the latch space, and then be released from the latching base by the releasing member engaging into the release space.
Claims10
A cover latching mechanism, comprising:
- a latching base comprising a convex protrusion and an elastic sheet attached to the convex protrusion;
- a cover member having a latching protrusion arranged thereon, the latching protrusion defining a securing slit and forms a latching end;
- a latching member configured for latching the cover member to the latching base, the latching member comprising two elastic latching portions symmetrically arranged to define a latch space and a release space directly communicating with the latch space;
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- a releasing member configured for releasing the cover member relative to the latching base, the cover member being latched to the latching base by latching the latching protrusion into the latch space, where the latching end of the latching protrusion latches in the latch space and the latch portions securely engage into the securing slit, the cover member being released from the latching base by the releasing member engaging into the release space, the elastic sheet configured for resisting against the latching end to remove the latching end from the latch space during the cover member being released from the latching base.
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a convex protrusion and an elastic sheet attached to the convex protrusion;
- a cover having a latching protrusion arranged thereon, the latching protrusion defining a securing slit and forms a latching end;
- a latching member configured for latching the cover to the housing, the latching member comprising two elastic latching portions symmetrically arranged to define a latch space and a release space directly communicating with the latch space;
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- a releasing member configured for releasing the cover relative to the housing, the cover being latched to the housing by latching the latching protrusion into the latch space, where the latching end of the latching protrusion latches in the latch space and the latch portions securely engage into the securing slit, the cover being released from the housing by the releasing member engaging into the release space, the elastic sheet configured for resisting against the latching end to remove the latching end from the latch space during the cover being released from the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.