TWI427461B - Battery cover lock structure - Google Patents

Description

Battery cover lock structure

The present invention relates to a battery cover latch structure, and more particularly to a battery cover latch structure applied to a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone.

Portable electronic devices such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are increasingly used, and batteries that provide energy for portable electronic devices have to be replaced with energy consumption, so that people can easily install batteries. Designed a variety of battery cover card lock structure.

The battery cover latch structure of the conventional portable electronic device is mostly clamped on the body by using a hook and a buckle structure, that is, a pair of hooks are arranged at one end of the battery cover, and a latch pin is disposed at the other end, corresponding to one end of the body. Set a pair of card slots and set a buttonhole on the other end. When installing, first insert the hook of the battery cover into the card slot of the body, and then rotate the battery cover with the card slot as the axis toward the body and press the battery cover until the card lock pin of the battery cover is locked into the lock hole of the body. .

Although the battery cover is firmly integrated with the body after installation, in addition to detaching the hook from the card slot and the locking pin and the locking hole, an external force is applied to pry the battery cover from the body and The removal makes the process of removing the battery cover cumbersome.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a battery cover latch structure that is easy to operate.

The battery cover latch structure comprises a body, a battery cover, a button, an elastic member and a holding component, the battery cover includes a hook disposed at one end thereof, the latching component is slidably mounted on the body And engaging with the hook under the action of the elastic member to clamp the battery cover to the body, the button being assembled on the body and abutting with the holding component, so that the holding component is When the button is pressed, the holding member disengages from the hook of the battery cover against the action of the elastic member to open the battery cover relative to the body.

Compared with the prior art, the battery cover latch structure of the present invention closes the battery cover by the button abutting the holding member. The battery cover card lock structure is convenient to operate and has a simple structure.

100‧‧‧Battery cover lock structure

11‧‧‧ bottom wall

112‧‧‧ inner surface

114‧‧‧Flange

13‧‧‧ card holder

141‧‧‧ plate body

15‧‧‧ openings

17‧‧‧Resist the column

30‧‧‧Battery cover

32‧‧‧Weibi

50‧‧‧ button

510‧‧‧End

55‧‧‧Action Department

71‧‧‧Operation Department

712‧‧‧Boss

714‧‧‧Sloping surface

716‧‧‧ card block

718‧‧‧Positioning column

90‧‧‧Flexible parts

10‧‧‧ body

110‧‧‧ outer surface

113‧‧‧Mate

12‧‧‧ side wall

14‧‧‧Carrier

142‧‧‧ cavity

16‧‧‧Baffle

18‧‧‧Abut the top board

31‧‧‧ Subject

33‧‧‧ hook

51‧‧‧ Pressing Department

53‧‧‧Limited Department

70‧‧‧Card components

711‧‧‧ second surface

713‧‧‧through hole

715‧‧‧ gap

717‧‧‧ Groove

73‧‧‧Keeping Department

1 is a partially exploded perspective view of a battery cover latch structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a partial exploded perspective view of the battery cover latch structure of the preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a battery cover latch structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a battery cover latch structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VI-VI; and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the unlocking of the battery cover latch structure of the preferred embodiment of the present invention in FIG.

The invention discloses a battery cover latch structure, which is applied to a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone. In the preferred embodiment, a mobile phone is taken as an example for description.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the battery cover latch structure 100 of the present invention includes a body 10 , a battery cover 30 , a button 50 , a holding component 70 , and an elastic member 90 .

The body 10 is substantially a rectangular parallelepiped, and is surrounded by a bottom wall 11 and four side walls 12. The bottom wall 11 has an outer surface 110 and an inner surface 112 opposite the outer surface 110. The outer surface 110 defines a fitting portion 113 in the direction of the inner surface 112, and a flange portion 114 protruding from the inner surface 112 is formed corresponding to the inner surface 112 corresponding to the fitting portion 113. The engaging portion 113 defines a latching hole 13 adjacent to the bottom wall 11 . A bearing body 14 having an "L" shape is formed on both sides of the latching hole 13 of the flange portion 114, and the carrier body 14 is used to carry the holding member 70. One side of the carrier 14 forms a plate-shaped body 141, and the plate-shaped body 141 and the carrier 14 together define a cavity 142. The bottom wall 11 defines an opening 15 adjacent to the fitting portion 113. The opening 15 is substantially elliptical and is used for receiving the button 50. A baffle 16 is formed on one side of the inner surface 112 away from the opening 15 of the holding hole 13. The inner surface 112 is adjacent to one side of the baffle 16 and protrudes from the opposite abutting post 17 . The abutting post 17 has an "L" shape for resisting the holding member 70. An abutting plate 18 is disposed on the inner surface 112 corresponding to a side of the one side of the abutting post 17 , and the abutting plate 18 has a “ㄩ” shape for abutting the elastic member 90 .

The battery cover 30 has a substantially rectangular shape and has a main body 31 and a peripheral wall 32 bent from three edges of the main body 31. One end of the main body 31 is provided with a hook 33. The hook 33 can be engaged with the holding component 70 through the latching hole 13 , and the peripheral wall 32 can also be engaged with the engaging portion 113 . The battery cover 30 is held on the body 10.

The button 50 includes a pressing portion 51 , two limiting portions 53 , and an acting portion 55 . The pressing portion 51 is substantially elliptical in shape and has two opposite curved ends 510. The pressing portion 51 is slightly smaller than the opening 15 so as to pass through the opening 15. The two limiting portions 53 are respectively formed on one side of the curved end portion 510 and extend from the curved end portion 510 to be resistable On the body 10. The action portion 55 is substantially a right-angled triangle, and is fixed to the pressing portion 51 at a right angle. The oblique side of the action portion is used to push the holding member 70.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the holding component 70 includes an actuating portion 71 and a latching portion 73 extending from one end of the actuating portion 71 . The actuating portion 71 has a substantially rectangular block shape and includes a first surface 710 and a second surface 711 opposite to the first surface 710. The first surface 710 is convexly provided with a boss 712. A rectangular through hole 713 is defined in the boss 712 to penetrate the actuating portion 71. The through hole 713 defines an inclined surface 714 adjacent to the second surface 711 for engaging the action portion 55 to move the holding member 70. Two notches 715 are correspondingly formed adjacent to one end of the actuating portion 71. The abutting post 17 can pass through the notch 715 to abut against the actuating portion 71. A latching block 716 is protruded from the second surface 711 adjacent to one end of the actuating portion 71. The latching block 716 can resist the baffle 16 to limit the sliding distance of the latching member 70. One end of the actuating portion 71 forms a recess 717, and a bottom of the recess 717 forms a positioning post 718. The holding portion 73 can be received in the cavity 142 and abutted on the carrier 14 .

The elastic member 90 is a compression spring that can be sleeved on the positioning post 718 to provide elastic force to the holding member 70.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, when the battery cover latch structure 10 is mounted, the pressing portion 51 of the button 50 is first received in the opening 15. At the same time, the limiting portion 53 abuts against the inner surface 112 of the bottom wall 11. Then, the holding component 70 is sleeved on the action portion 55 via the through hole 713. At this time, the resisting post 17 passes through the notch 715 to bring the holding member 70 into contact with the bottom wall 11. Then, an external force is applied to move the holding member 70 toward the side of the carrier 14, so that both sides of the holding portion 73 are accommodated in the cavity 142 while the block 716 is pressed against the baffle 16. The elastic member 90 is sleeved on the positioning post 718 such that one end of the elastic member 90 abuts against the bottom of the recess 717 and the other end abuts against the top plate 18. Remove this The external force causes the inclined surface 714 to abut against the acting portion 55 by the elastic member 90. Finally, the battery cover 30 is engaged with the fitting portion 113 by the peripheral wall 32 and the hook 33 is held by the retaining portion 73 by the retaining hole 13 to attach the battery cover 30 to the body 10.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the battery cover 30 is opened, the pressing portion 51 is pressed, and the engaging portion 55 abuts against the inclined surface 714 to move the holding member 70 toward the shutter 16 and compress the elastic member 90. The holding member 70 drives the holding portion 73 to disengage the holding portion 73 from the hook 33. At this time, the battery cover 30 can be removed from the body 10 by an external force.

It can be understood that the action portion 55 can be a columnar body or a rectangular parallelepiped, and the columnar body or the rectangular parallelepiped abuts against the inclined surface 714 to move the holding element 70.

In summary, the present invention complies with the requirements of the invention patent and submits a patent application according to law. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and equivalent modifications or variations made by those skilled in the art in light of the spirit of the present invention are It should be covered by the following patent application.

100‧‧‧Battery cover lock structure

11‧‧‧ bottom wall

114‧‧‧Flange

13‧‧‧ card holder

141‧‧‧ plate body

15‧‧‧ openings

17‧‧‧Resist the column

30‧‧‧Battery cover

32‧‧‧Weibi

50‧‧‧ button

53‧‧‧Limited Department

70‧‧‧Card components

73‧‧‧Keeping Department

10‧‧‧ body

112‧‧‧ inner surface

12‧‧‧ side wall

14‧‧‧Carrier

142‧‧‧ cavity

16‧‧‧Baffle

18‧‧‧Abut the top board

31‧‧‧ Subject

33‧‧‧ hook

51‧‧‧ Pressing Department

55‧‧‧Action Department

71‧‧‧Operation Department

90‧‧‧Flexible parts

Claims (9)

A battery cover latch structure includes a body, a battery cover, a button and an elastic member. The battery cover includes a hook disposed at one end thereof. The improvement is that the battery cover latch structure further includes a card holder An engaging member includes a rectangular block-shaped actuating portion and a retaining portion disposed at one end of the actuating portion, wherein the actuating portion defines a through hole, and the through hole has an inclined surface formed on the wall of the hole, the button includes a pressing portion and an acting portion formed on an inner surface of the pressing portion, the acting portion is a block of a right-angled triangle, and the acting portion is received in the through hole while abutting against the inclined surface; the latch The component is slidably mounted on the body, and the latching portion of the latching component is engaged with the hook under the action of the elastic member to hold the battery cover on the body, and the button is mounted on the body The action portion of the button and the inclined surface of the actuating portion of the holding member are abutted against each other, so that when the actuating portion is pressed by the button, the engaging portion overcomes the function of the elastic member and the battery cover The hook is detached to make the battery cover The body open. The battery cover latching structure of claim 1, wherein the body is provided with two carrier bodies, and the two body sides of the two carrier bodies are provided with two abutting posts, and the latching portion is resisted by The carrier body is abutted against the abutting post. The battery cover latching structure of claim 2, wherein one side of the carrier body is formed with a plate-shaped body, and the plate-shaped body and the carrier body together form a cavity, the holding portion Contained in the cavity. The battery cover latching structure of claim 3, wherein a block is formed on the actuating portion, and a baffle is further disposed on the body, the block resisting the baffle to limit the retaining component The sliding distance. The battery cover latching structure of claim 2, wherein the body has an opening, the button further includes a limiting portion formed at the two ends of the pressing portion, the pressing portion is accommodated in the opening In the mouth, the limiting portion is held on the body. The battery cover latch structure of claim 5, wherein the opening is formed on a body between the carrier and the holding post. The battery cover latch structure according to claim 1, wherein the action portion includes a right-angled edge and a beveled edge, and the right-angled edge is fixed on the pressing portion, and the oblique edge abuts the inclined surface, so that the The catching member slides to disengage the hook of the battery cover. The battery cover latching structure of claim 2, wherein the body is further provided with an abutting plate formed on one side of the abutting post and opposite to one end of the actuating portion, The elastic member is disposed between the abutting plate and the actuating portion. The battery cover latching structure of claim 8, wherein the end portion of the actuating portion is provided with a positioning post, and the elastic member is sleeved on the positioning post and abuts against the abutting plate.