Electric Lock and Clutch Mechanism Thereof
AssigneeTaiwan Fu Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYu-Cheng Lin, Jiun-Nan Shiu
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Abstract
An electric lock includes a housing, a manual control member rotatably affixed to the housing, and a clutch mechanism. The clutch mechanism includes a clutch base rotatably affixed to the housing; a retractable plug arranged on the clutch base, wherein the retractable plug is radially movable relative to the clutch base; a driving member abutting against a first end of the retractable plug; and a motor configured to drive the driving member to move relative to the clutch base toward the shaft of the manual control member.
Claims19
An electric lock, comprising:
- a housing;
- a manual control member rotatably affixed to the housing, wherein a shaft of the manual control member is formed with a groove;
- and
- a clutch mechanism, comprising:
- a clutch base rotatably affixed to the housing;
- a retractable plug arranged on the clutch base and radially movable relative to the clutch base;
- a driving member abutting against a first end of the retractable plug;
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- a motor configured to drive the driving member to move relative to the clutch base toward the shaft of the manual control member.
A clutch mechanism of an electric lock, comprising:
- a clutch base rotatably affixed to the electric lock;
- a retractable plug arranged on the clutch base and radially movable relative to the clutch base;
- a driving member abutting against a first end of the retractable plug;
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- a motor configured to drive the driving member to move relative to the clutch base, to move a second end of the retractable plug to be protruded from the clutch base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.