# US 7,612,995 B2 · Shockproof locking assembly device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,612,995 B2 - Document ID: US7612995B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/358,405 - Filed: 2006-02-22 - Published: 2006-09-14 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2005-02-23 - Assignees: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. - Inventors: Chun-Yi Cheng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7612995B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1613: {for portable computers (cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202)} - E05B 65/006: {for covers or panels (for manholes E02D29/1427; for holes enabling access to installations in buildings E04F19/08; for pressure vessels F16J13/00)} - G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS ## Abstract A shockproof locking assembly device includes a locking hole member, a cavity member, a locking element and a vibration-absorbing element. The cavity member has a bottom portion with a through hole with a recess. The locking element includes a head portion, a shaft portion and a link portion. The head portion is disposed inside the cavity member. The shaft portion penetrates the through hole to be locked into the locking hole member, so that the head portion and the shaft portion are respectively positioned on the top side and the down side of the bottom portion. The link portion has a protrusion with a taper level. The vibration-absorbing element penetrates the through hole, encompasses the link portion and clamps the bottom portion. The shaft portion penetrates through the vibration-absorbing element and the protrusion is locked with the recess via part of the vibration-absorbing element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shockproof locking assembly device, comprising: a locking hole member; a cavity member having a bottom portion, wherein the bottom portion has a through hole, and the wall of the through hole has a recess; a locking element, comprising: a head portion and a shaft portion, wherein the head portion is disposed inside the cavity member, and the shaft portion penetrates the through hole to be locked into the locking hole member, so that the head portion and the shaft portion are respectively positioned on the top side and the down side of the bottom portion; and a link portion for connecting the head portion and the shaft portion, wherein the lateral surface of the link portion has a protrusion corresponding to the recess, and the protrusion has a taper level; and a vibration-absorbing element, which penetrates the through hole, encompasses the link portion and clamps the bottom portion, wherein the shaft portion penetrates through the vibration-absorbing element, and the protrusion is located at a position facing the recess such that the protrusion is locked with the recess via part of the vibration-absorbing element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 1, wherein a vibration-isolating element can be disposed on the head portion, and the vibration-isolating element can be positioned inside the cavity member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the taper level is Morse taper level, Brown & Sharpe taper level, milling machine standard taper level or Jarno taper level. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion and the recess respectively are a peak and a valley, the angle contained at the apex of the peak is larger than or equal to the angle contained at the bottom of the valley. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the vibration-absorbing element is an I-shaped hollowed shrink-ring. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the vibration-absorbing element further comprises: a first rib portion and a second rib portion, which respectively encompass the outside lateral surface of the top portion and the bottom portion of the vibration-absorbing element, wherein the first rib portion and the second rib portion are positioned on the top side and the down side of the bottom portion, the first rib portion and the second rib portion are for clamping the bottom portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 6, wherein the locking hole member is disposed in a first housing, and the second rib portion is positioned between the bottom portion and the first housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 7, wherein the cavity member is disposed in a second housing, the second housing and the bottom portion are interspaced by a distance, and a vibration-isolating element can be disposed between the second housing and the first housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 8, wherein the locking hole member is disposed in a hard disc housing, the cavity member is disposed in a cover of a notebook computer, the notebook computer further has a computer housing, the computer housing has an accommodation space, the hard disc is disposed in the accommodation space, the cover is able to be buckled with the computer housing to cover up the accommodation space. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 9, wherein a vibration-isolating element can be disposed between the cover and the hard disc housing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the locking hole member is disposed in a hard disc housing, the cavity member is disposed in a carrier, the carrier can be disposed on a motherboard of a notebook computer, so that the hard disc is disposed on the motherboard via the carrier. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The shockproof locking assembly device according to claim 11, wherein a vibration-isolating element can be disposed between the carrier and the hard disc housing. ### Claim 13 A notebook computer, comprising: a computer housing having an accommodation space; a cover buckled with the computer housing to cover up the accommodation space; a hard disc having a hard disc housing disposed in the accommodation space; and a shockproof locking assembly device disposed between the cover and the hard disc for assembling the cover and the hard disc, wherein the shockproof locking assembly device comprises: a locking hole member disposed in the hard disc housing; a cavity member disposed in the cover and having a bottom portion, wherein the bottom portion has a through hole, and the wall of the through hole has a recess; a locking element, comprising: a head portion and a shaft portion, wherein the head portion is disposed inside the cavity member, the shaft portion penetrates the through hole to be locked into the locking hole member, so that the head portion and the shaft portion are respectively positioned on the top side and the down side of the bottom portion; and a link portion for connecting the head portion and the shaft portion, wherein the lateral surface of the link portion has a protrusion corresponding to the recess, and the protrusion has a taper level; and a vibration-absorbing element, which penetrates the through hole, encompasses the link portion and clamps the bottom portion, wherein the shaft portion penetrates through the vibration-absorbing element, and the protrusion is located at a position facing the recess such that the protrusion is locked with the recess via part of the vibration-absorbing element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The notebook computer according to claim 13, wherein a vibration-isolating element can further be disposed on the head portion, the vibration-isolating element can be positioned inside the cavity member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The notebook computer according to claim 13, wherein the taper level is Morse taper level, Brown & Sharpe taper level, milling machine standard taper level or Jarno taper level. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The notebook computer according to claim 13, wherein the protrusion and the recess respectively are a peak and a valley, the angle contained at the apex of the peak is larger than or equal to the angle contained at the bottom of the valley. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The notebook computer according to claim 13, wherein the vibration-absorbing element is an I-shaped hollowed shrink-ring. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The notebook computer according to claim 13, wherein the vibration-absorbing element further comprises: a first rib portion and a second rib portion, which respectively encompass the outside lateral surface of the top portion and the bottom portion of the vibration-absorbing element, wherein the first rib portion and the second rib portion are positioned on the top side and the down side of the bottom portion, the first rib portion and the second rib portion are for clamping the bottom portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The notebook computer according to claim 13, wherein a vibration-isolating element can be disposed between the cover and the hard disc housing.