ACCESSORY HOLDING MECHANISM USED IN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES

• US 20090316342A1
• Filed: 05/22/2009
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LI, HAN-YU, WEN, HUNG-CHUAN
• Application Number:
  US12/470,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20090316342A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units

Abstract

An accessory holding mechanism used in a portable electronic device for holding an accessory therein includes a housing, a sliding member, a positioning member and an elastic member. The sliding member is slidably assembled on the housing and receiving the accessory therein. The positioning member is movably mounted on the housing. The elastic member is mounted between the housing and the sliding member. The positioning member engages with the sliding member and the accessory to hold the accessory and the elastic member is elongated when the accessory is pushed into the sliding member, and the elastic member rebounds to drive the positioning member to release the accessory and drive the accessory to exit from the accessory holding mechanism through the sliding member after the held accessory is further pushed into the sliding member.

Claims

1. An accessory holding mechanism used in a portable electronic device for holding an accessory therein, comprising:

a housing;

a sliding member slidably assembled on the housing and receiving the accessory therein;

a positioning member movably mounted on the housing; and

an elastic member mounted between the housing and the sliding member;

wherein the positioning member engages with the sliding member and the accessory to hold the accessory and the elastic member is elongated when the accessory is pushed into the sliding member, and the elastic member rebounds to drive the positioning member to release the accessory and drive the accessory to exit from the accessory holding mechanism through the sliding member after the held accessory is further pushed into the sliding member.

2. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a cover corresponding to the housing, the cover being assembled on the housing to cover the sliding member, the positioning member and the elastic member and to cooperate with the housing to form a receiving aperture for the accessory being inserted in or exiting from the holding accessory mechanism.

3. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing includes a plurality of protruding guiding components formed thereon and the sliding member defines a plurality of sliding grooves corresponding to the guiding components, and the guiding components are correspondingly slidably received in the sliding grooves to slidably assemble the sliding member on the housing.

4. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 3, wherein each sliding groove includes an enlarged assembling hole formed on one end thereof for a corresponding guiding component being inserted therein and then slidably received in the sliding groove.

5. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein the positioning member includes a main body and two springs mounted between the main body and the housing to drive the main body to move, the main body including a holding component for inserting an assembling hole to engage with the sliding member and engaging with the accessory received in the sliding member and a contact portion for being pressed by the sliding member to release the accessory.

6. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 5, wherein both the holding component and the contacting portion are wedge-shaped, and the sliding member includes a limiting protrusion corresponding to the contacting portion formed thereon for pushing the contacting portion to release the accessory when the sliding member is driven by the resiling elastic member.

7. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing defines a receiving space for receiving the positioning member therein.

8. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movement direction of the positioning member is perpendicular to the movement direction of the sliding member and the accessory.

9. An accessory holding mechanism used in a portable electronic device for holding an accessory therein, comprising:

a housing;

a sliding member slidably assembled on the housing and receiving the accessory therein;

a positioning member movably mounted on the housing for engaging with the sliding member and the accessory to held the accessory; and

an elastic member mounted between the housing and the sliding member;

wherein the elastic member is elongated when the held accessory and the sliding member are pushed into the housing;

when the pressure on the held accessory is removed, the elastic member rebounds to drive the sliding member and the accessory to exit from the housing, and the positioning member is driven to release the accessory due to the inertia of the moving sliding member and the accessory.

10. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a cover corresponding to the housing, the cover being assembled on the housing to cover the sliding member, the positioning member and the elastic member and to cooperate with the housing to form a receiving aperture for the accessory being inserted in or exiting from the holding accessory mechanism.

11. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 9, wherein the housing includes a plurality of protruding guiding components formed thereon and the sliding member defines a plurality of sliding grooves corresponding to the guiding components, and the guiding components are correspondingly slidably received in the sliding grooves to slidably assemble the sliding member on the housing.

12. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 11, wherein each sliding groove includes an enlarged assembling hole formed on one end thereof for a corresponding guiding component being inserted therein and then slidably received in the sliding groove.

13. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 12, wherein the positioning member includes a main body and two springs mounted between the main body and the housing to drive the main body to move, the main body including a holding component for inserting an assembling hole to engage with the sliding member and engaging with the accessory received in the sliding member and a contact portion for being pressed by the sliding member to release the accessory.

14. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 13, wherein both the holding component and the contacting portion are wedge-shaped, and the sliding member includes a limiting protrusion corresponding to the contacting portion formed thereon for pushing the contacting portion to release the accessory when the sliding member is driven by the resiling elastic member.

15. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 9 wherein the housing defines a receiving space for receiving the positioning member therein.

16. The accessory holding mechanism as claimed in claim 9, wherein the movement direction of the positioning member is perpendicular to the movement direction of the sliding member and the accessory.