BATTERY COVER LATCHING ASSEMBLY

• US 20100151304A1
• Filed: 09/22/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: DONG, SHUI-JIN
• Application Number:
  US12/564,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20100151304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/97
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 19/06 in which the securing part if formed or carried by a spring and moves only by distortion of the spring, e.g. snaps
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A battery cover latching assembly comprises a battery housing member, a battery cover and a button module. The battery housing member has a plurality of latching slots. The battery cover has a plurality of latching portions protruding therefrom corresponding to the latching slots. The button module includes an operating element and a rotating element, the operating element is mounted to the battery cover. The rotating element rotatably is mounted to the battery housing member. One end of the rotating element resists against the battery cover. Another end of the rotating element resists against the operating element. When the operating element is pressed toward the battery housing member, the operating element rotates the rotating element to push the battery cover away from the battery housing member, so as to detach the battery cover from the battery housing member.

Claims

1. A battery cover latching assembly, comprising:

a battery housing member, the battery housing member having a plurality of latching slots;

a battery cover, the battery cover having a plurality of latching portion protruding therefrom and corresponding to the latching slots to latch the battery housing member with the battery cover; and

a button module, the button module including an operating element and a rotating element, the operating element mounted to the battery cover, the rotating element rotatably mounted to the battery housing member, one end of the rotating element resisting against the battery cover, another end of the rotating element resisting against the operating element;

wherein when the operating element is pressed toward the battery housing member, the operating element rotates the rotating element to push the battery cover away from the battery housing member, so as to detach the battery cover from the battery housing member.

2. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotating element includes an curved main body, the main body has a resisting portion formed at one end thereof and a pushing portion formed at another end thereof, the resisting portion resists against the operating element, the pushing portion resists against the battery cover.

3. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rotating element further includes a shaft transversely mounted to the main body, and two ends of the shaft extend outwardly from two opposite sidewalls of the main body, respectively, the shaft is rotatabaly mounted to the battery housing member to rotatably mount the rotating element to the battery housing member.

4. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the shaft is located at a tip portion of the main body.

5. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the battery housing member has a receiving groove defined therein, the rotating element is accommodated in the receiving groove, and two inner sidewalls are formed in the receiving groove, each inner sidewall has a shaft hole defined therein, the two ends of the shaft are rotatably accommodated in the shaft holes, respectively.

6. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the operating element includes a pressing portion, the pressing portion resists the resisting portion of the rotating element.

7. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the operating element has two retaining portion respectively protruding from two opposite ends of the pressing portion, each retaining portion has a retaining hole defined therethrough, the battery cover has two retaining poles protruding therefrom corresponding to the retaining hole, the retaining poles are respectively accommodated in the retaining holes.

8. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the battery cover has a passage defined therethrough corresponding to the pressing portion, the pressing portion is accommodated in and exposed externally by the passage.

9. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein the two retaining poles respectively located besides two sides of the passage.

10. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the battery cover further has a buffer located at one side of each retaining pole away from the passage, the buffers aligned with the pushing portions of the rotating elements.

11. A battery cover latching assembly, comprising:

a battery housing member, the battery housing member having a plurality of latching slots;

a battery cover, the battery cover having a plurality of latching portion protruding therefrom corresponding to the latching slots and latched with the latching slots; and

a button module, the button module including an operating element and two rotating elements, the operating element mounted to the battery cover, the rotating elements rotatably mounted to the battery housing member, one end of each rotating element resisting against the battery cover, another end of each rotating element resisting against the operating element;

wherein when the operating element rotates the rotating elements, the rotating elements push the battery cover away from the battery housing member, so as to detach the battery cover from the battery housing member.

12. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein each rotating element includes an curved main body, the main body has a resisting portion formed at one end thereof and a pushing portion formed at another end thereof, the resisting portion resists against the operating element, the pushing portion resists against the battery cover.

13. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein each rotating element further includes a shaft transversely mounted to corresponding main body, and two ends of each shaft extend outwardly from two opposite sidewalls of corresponding main body, correspondingly.

14. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein the shafts are respectively located at a tip portion of each main body.

15. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein the shafts are rotatabaly mounted to the battery housing member to rotatably mount the rotating elements to the battery housing member.

16. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein the battery housing member has a receiving groove defined therein, the rotating elements are accommodated in the receiving groove, and two inner sidewalls are formed in the receiving groove, each inner sidewall has two shaft holes defined therein, the two ends of each shaft are rotatably accommodated in the shaft holes, correspondingly.

17. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the operating includes a pressing portion and two retaining portion respectively protruding from two opposite ends of the pressing portion, the pressing portion resists the resisting portions of the rotating elements, each retaining portion has a retaining hole defined therethrough, the battery cover has two retaining poles protruding therefrom corresponding to the retaining hole, the retaining poles are respectively accommodated in the retaining holes.

18. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 17, wherein the battery cover has a passage defined therethrough corresponding to the pressing portion, the pressing portion is accommodated in and exposed externally by the passage.

19. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 18, wherein the two retaining poles respectively located besides two sides of the passage.

20. The battery cover latching assembly as claimed in claim 19, wherein the battery cover further has two buffers located at two sides of the passage, the buffers correspond to the pushing portions of the rotating elements.