Latching assembly for a removable panel of a portable electronic device

摘要

A portable electronic device ( 100 ) includes a base cover ( 12 ), a latching assembly ( 13 ) including a knob ( 14 ) and a spring ( 16 ), and a removable panel ( 18 ). The knob includes a sliding slit ( 1462 a) and a latching projection ( 1452 ). The panel includes a latching hole ( 185 ) and a resisting protrusion ( 1852 ). The knob is engagable in the latching hole. The knob is attached on the base cover and can be rotated. One end of the spring biases the knob, and another end of the spring protrudes out of the sliding slit and biases the base cover. When the panel is attached on the base cover, the resisting protrusion and the latching projection interfere with each other to drive the knob to rotate in a first direction, the spring rebounds and drives the knob to rotate in an opposite second direction, and the resisting protrusion is secured below the latching projection.