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US 7,401,481 B1Granted
Lock device for notebook computer
AssigneeJui Kuo Key-Making Co., Ltd.
InventorPing-Hsien Lin
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Abstract
A lock device for a notebook computer includes a fixing seat, two overlapping locking members, two elastic members, a mounting ring, an extension cable and a lock unit. Thus, the notebook computer is locked onto a fixture by the lock device to prevent the notebook computer from being stolen easily. In addition, the notebook computer is locked by or unlocked from the lock device by rotation of a key, so that the lock device is operated easily and quickly, thereby facilitating a user operating the lock device.
Claims18
A lock device, comprising:
- a fixing seat having an inside formed with a receiving chamber and an end face formed with an elongated slot connected to the receiving chamber;
- two overlapping locking members pivotally mounted in the receiving chamber of the fixing seat and each having a first section formed with a locking portion protruding outwardly from the elongated slot of the fixing seat and a second section formed with a driven portion;
- a lock unit including a housing mounted on the fixing seat and a lock core rotatably mounted in the housing and provided with a drive member engageable with the driven portions of the locking members to drive the locking members so that the drive member of the lock core is rotatable between a first position where the driven portions of the locking members are pressed by the drive member of the lock core, and the locking portions of the locking members intersect each other and a second position where the driven portions of the locking members are released by the drive member of the lock core, and the locking portions of the locking members overlap each other;
- wherein:
- the locking portion of each of the locking members has a distal end formed with a locking hook;
- the driven portion of each of the locking members has a first side formed with a protruding driven block;
- the lock device further comprises two elastic members each biased between the end face of the fixing seat and a second side of the driven portion of a respective locking member to push the driven portion and the driven block of the respective locking member toward the drive member of the lock unit;
- the inside of the fixing seat is formed with two opposite receiving grooves located at two opposite sidewalls of the receiving chamber and two receiving channels each connected between the elongated slot and a respective receiving groove;
- the driven portion of each of the locking members is mounted in a respective receiving channel of the fixing seat;
- each of the elastic members is mounted in a respective receiving groove of the fixing seat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.