Two-way latch mechanism and related electronic device
AssigneeWistron Corporation
InventorChing-Jeng Yu
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Abstract
A two-way latch mechanism includes a hook disposed inside a host for engaging with a first hole on a panel and for engaging with a second hole on the panel after the panel rotates relative to the host at 180 degrees. The two-way latch mechanism further includes an actuating component. Two pushing portions are respectively disposed on two sides of the actuating component. One of the pushing portions slides at a first direction for separating the hook from the first hole, and the other slides at the first direction for separating the hook from the second hole. The two-way latch mechanism further includes two elastic components for respectively providing elastic forces on the actuating component, so as to hold the actuating component at a predetermined position stably.
Claims18
A two-way latch mechanism comprising:
- a hook pivotally disposed inside a host for engaging with a first hole on a panel when the panel is located at a first position relative to the host and for engaging with a second hole on the panel after the panel rotates at 180 degrees from the first portion to a second position relative to the host;
- an actuating component slidably disposed inside the panel, two pushing portions being respectively formed on two sides of the actuating component, one of the pushing portions sliding at a first direction for separating the hook from the first hole when the panel is located at the first position relative to the host, and the other pushing portion sliding at the first direction for separating the hook from the second hole when the panel is located at the second position relative to the host;
- two resilient components respectively disposed on two ends of the actuating component and installed inside the panel for providing resilient recovering force to the actuating component so as to hold the actuating component at a predetermined position;
- two positioning components respectively slidably disposed on two ends of the actuating component and inside the panel, a sliding slot and a constraining slot being formed on each positioning component, and the constraining slot being connected to the sliding slot;
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- a constraining component slidably disposed inside the panel, two misaligning protrusions being formed on two ends of the constraining component, one of the protrusions being disposed inside the sliding slot on one of the positioning components, and the other protrusion being disposed inside the constraining slot on the other positioning component.
An electronic device comprising:
- a host;
- a panel pivoted to the host, a first hole and a second hole being formed on the panel;
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- a two-way latch mechanism for constraining relative movement between the host and the panel, the two-way latch mechanism comprising:
- a hook pivotally disposed inside the host for engaging with the first hole on the panel when the panel is located at a first position relative to the host and for engaging with the second hole on the panel after the panel rotates at 180 degrees from the first portion to a second position relative to the host;
- an actuating component slidably disposed inside the panel, two pushing portions being respectively formed on two sides of the actuating component, one of the pushing portions sliding at a first direction for separating the hook from the first hole when the panel is located at the first position relative to the host, and the other pushing portion sliding at the first direction for separating the hook from the second hole when the panel is located at the second position relative to the host;
- two resilient components respectively disposed on two ends of the actuating component and installed inside the panel for providing resilient recovering force to the actuating component so as to stably hold the actuating component at a predetermined position;
- two positioning components respectively slidably disposed on two ends of the actuating component and inside the panel, a sliding slot and a constraining slot being formed on each positioning component, and the constraining slot being connected to the sliding slot;
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- a constraining component slidably disposed inside the panel, two misaligning protrusions being formed on two ends of the constraining component, one of the protrusions being disposed inside the sliding slot on one of the positioning components, and the other protrusion being disposed inside the constraining slot on the other positioning component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.