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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2011
Aaron Robert Allen, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Paul Brian Koch, Plantation, FL (US);
Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Weston, FL (US);
Jean-charles Mas, Sunrise, FL (US);
Aaron Robert Allen, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Paul Brian Koch, Plantation, FL (US);
Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Weston, FL (US);
Jean-Charles Mas, Sunrise, FL (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A portable electronic device comprises a lower housing including a battery compartment. An upper housing is coupled to the lower housing and is slidable relative thereto in a first linear direction between a closed position and an open position. A battery cover is configured to engage the lower housing and move generally in the first linear direction relative to the lower housing from an unlatched position to a latched position in which the battery cover interlocks with the lower housing and encloses the battery compartment. The battery cover may comprise at least one of a post element or a beam element and the lower housing may comprise at least one of the other of the post element or the beam element. The post and beam elements are configured to interlock with one another when the battery cover is in the latched position.