US 11,949,803 B2
Locking mechanism of a mobile terminal battery cover
Xianwei Yan, Suzhou (CN); Zach Zhang, Suzhou (CN); Xiaofang Yang, Suzhou (CN); and David Chaney, Lincolnton, NC (US)
Assigned to Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,670.
Application 18/157,670 is a continuation of application No. 16/650,662, granted, now 11,570,287, previously published as PCT/CN2017/105254, filed on Oct. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208952 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0262 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0221 (2013.01); H05K 5/0256 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking mechanism in a mobile terminal, comprising:
a slider disposed on an exterior side of a battery cover of the mobile terminal and comprising an opening extending through the slider and configured to translate between a locked position and an unlocked position;
a latch disposed on an interior side of the battery cover of the mobile terminal and attached to the slider, wherein the latch is configured to translate between the locked position and the unlocked position, and wherein the latch comprises a corresponding opening extending through the latch and a protrusion;
a button disposed within the opening of the slider and the corresponding opening of the latch; and
a spring in contact with the button and the latch,
wherein in an instance in which an external force is applied to the button, the external force deforms the spring such that contact between a vertical edge of the protrusion and the spring is precluded allowing translation of the slider and the latch between the locked position and the unlocked position,
wherein the latch and the slider each extends outward of the button to provide at least one of a lip, a flange, or an extension along an exterior edge of the latch and the slider that contact an exterior surface of the battery cover and an interior surface of a back housing of the mobile terminal.