BATTERY COVER ASSEMBLY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20110244290A1
• Filed: 06/21/2010
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• 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: LIANG, SHI-XU
• Granted Patent: US 8,795,866 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/97
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a housing, a battery cover, a positioning element, and a latching element. The positioning element is mounted on the housing. The latching element is retained by the positioning element and configured for securing the battery cover to the housing. The battery cover is electrically connected to the positioning element by the latching element.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a housing defining a latching hole;

a battery cover forming a projection;

a positioning element mounted on the housing; and

a latching element retained to the housing by the positioning element, the latching element extending into the latching hole and latching with the projection to secure the battery cover to the housing;

the battery cover electrically connecting to the latching element and the positioning element.

2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a projection projects from the battery cover, the latching element forms a stopping protrusion, the latching portion resists the stopping protrusion.

3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the housing defines a latching groove and a cutout communicating with the latching groove, in which the projection is received, the stopping protrusion is received in the cutout and extends into the latching groove.

4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the housing includes a first resisting plate and a second resisting plate and defines a receiving slot between the first and second resisting plates, the cutout is defined in the first resisting plate, the latching element and the positioning element are received in the receiving slot.

5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the positioning element includes a fixing portion and two supporting portions extending from the fixing portion to resist the latching element, the fixing portion defines at least one positioning groove, at least one latching block projects from the bottom surface of the receiving slot, the block is received in the positioning groove.

6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein two stepped supporting projections project from the bottom surface of the receiving slot, a supporting block projects from each supporting portion, the supporting portions engage the supporting projections.

7. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein a rib projects from the bottom, the receiving slot is divided into two cavities by the rib, a resisting block projects from each bottom surface of the cavities, the latching element resists the resisting blocks.

8. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the projection includes a latching portion and a guiding surface formed one side of the latching portion, the guiding surface guides the projection in disassembly.

9. A battery cover assembly for portable electronic device, the battery cover assembly comprising:

a housing defining at least one latching groove;

a battery cover forming at least one projection;

at least one positioning element mounted on the housing; and

at least one latching element, received in the latching groove and retained by the positioning element, forming a stopping protrusion, the stopping protrusion resisting the projection to secure the battery cover to the housing;

the battery cover electrically connecting to the positioning element by the latching element to remove the electromagnetic interference and electrostatic interference.

10. The battery cover assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the housing defines a cutout communicating with the latching groove, in which the projection is received, the stopping protrusion is received in the cutout and extends into the latching groove.

11. The battery cover assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein the housing includes a first resisting plate and a second resisting plate and defines a receiving slot between the first and second resisting plates, the cutout is defined in the first resisting plate, the latching element and the positioning element are received in the receiving slot.

12. The battery cover assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the positioning element includes a fixing portion and two supporting portions extending from the fixing portion to resist the latching element, the fixing portion defines at least one positioning groove, at least one latching block projects from the bottom surface of the receiving slot, the block is received in the positioning groove.

13. The battery cover assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein two stepped supporting projections project from the bottom surface of the receiving slot, a supporting block projects from each supporting portion, the supporting portions engage the resisting blocks.

14. The battery cover assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein a rib projects from the bottom, the receiving slot is divided into two cavities by the rib, a resisting block projects from each bottom surface of the cavities, the latching element resists the resisting blocks.

15. The battery cover assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the projection includes a latching portion and a guiding surface formed one side of the latching portion, the guiding surface guides the projection in disassembly.