US 2026/0146475 A1Published application

Locking Mechanism and Locking Apparatus

AssigneeAac Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

InventorsSongtao Li, Qinghua Lin, Hongyan Tao

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Abstract

Disclosed are a locking mechanism and a locking apparatus. The locking mechanism is operable to securely lock a detachable attachment. A bolt is connected to a drive and also rotatably connected to a securing rack; the drive may be subjected to an external force to slide relative to the securing rack, which drives the bolt to rotate, so that a snap hook of the bolt may access and exit a locking bore, whereby locking or unlocking is realized. A snap hook according to the disclosure may extend out of the locking bore to snap-fit the detachable attachment outside the housing, realizing positionally retaining of the bolt in multiple directions, which eliminates a need of additionally setting a limiting mechanism to extend the bolt outside of the housing to lock the detachable attachment, which facilitates use and offers a strong practicality.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A locking mechanism, which is operable to securely lock a detachable attachment, wherein the locking mechanism comprises:

a housing detachably connected to the detachable attachment, a securing rack mounted in the housing, a drive slidingly connected to the securing rack, and a bolt movably connected to the drive, a locking bore being formed on the housing, a first locating shaft being arranged on the securing rack, the bolt being rotatably connected to the first locating shaft, one end of the bolt distal from the first locating shaft being formed with a snap hook of a crooked shape, the snap hook being adapted to the locking bore, the drive being configured to drive the bolt to rotate about the first locating shaft from a first position to a second position, wherein when the bolt rotates to the first position, the snap hook is disposed inside the housing;
and when the bolt rotates to the second position, one end of the snap hook extends out of the locking bore to securely lock the detachable attachment outside the housing.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.