US 2009/0302618 A1Published application

Locking device

AssigneeCompal Electronics, Inc.

InventorsHung-Chi Chen, Chia-Te Tsao, Chung-Cheng Hua, Chong Kuo Lai

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Abstract

A locking device disposed on a casing and suitable for buckling up with a detachable object is provided. The locking device includes a base, an actuating element, and a driven latch. The base has a body fixed at the casing and a first slide track passing through the body. The actuating element has a first sliding block passing through the body and moves between a first position and a second position along a first axis via the first sliding block slidingly connected to the first slide track. The driven latch is slidingly disposed at the base and slides between a third position and a fourth position along a second axis. The driven latch and the actuating element are located at two opposite sides of the base. The driven latch has a second slide track and a locking portion. The first sliding block is slidingly connected to the second slide track.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A locking device, disposed on a casing and connecting with a detachable object, comprising:

a base, comprising a body fixed at the casing and a first slide track passing through the body;
an actuating element, comprising a first sliding block passing through the body, wherein the actuating element moves between a first position and a second position along a first axis by means of the first sliding block slidingly connected to the first slide track;
and
a driven latch, slidingly disposed at the base, wherein the driven latch slides between a third position and a fourth position along a second axis, the driven latch and the actuating element are located at two opposite sides of the base, the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis, the driven latch comprises a second slide track and a locking portion, and the first sliding block is slidingly connected to the second slide track,
wherein when the actuating element is located at the first position, the driven latch is located at the third position and the locking portion connects with the detachable object, and when the actuating element is located at the second position, the driven latch is located at the fourth position and the locking portion releases the detachable object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/336,551Filed 17 Dec 2008
Priority: TW 9712156610 Jun 2008
Published: 10 Dec 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

E05C 1/06
Without latching action: with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the bolt
G06F 1/1613
Constructional details or arrangements: for portable computers
G06F 1/1656
Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626:…
H01M 50/244
Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders:…