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US 9,540,845 B1Granted
Lock unit with a room therein
OwnerYao-Kun Yanginventor
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Abstract
A lock unit includes a case, an operation unit and an electric control unit. A shackle is connected to the case, and the operation unit controls the first end of the shackle to be disengaged from the case. A touch screen is connected to the outside of the cover so as to control the electric control unit which controls the operation unit to easily and quickly unlock the lock unit by popping the first end of the shackle out from the case.
Claims8
A lock unit comprising:
- a case having a cover and a base, the cover pivotably connected to a lower end of the base and having a touch screen on an outside thereof, a board located in the base to define a first room between the cover and the base, a second room defined between the board and an inside of the base, the second room having a power supply area and an operation area, a power supply located in the power supply area, a shackle having a first end and a second end, the first end of the shackle having a resilient member mounted thereto and a groove defined in a distal end thereof, the first and second ends of the shackle inserted into the operation area, a restriction member connected to an inside of the cover and located close to a top inside of the cover, the restriction member having a slot defined in a central portion thereof;
- an operation unit located in the operation area and having two slides, a toothed member located between the two slides, a fixing member mounted to the two slides and a hook member, the two slides being slidable left and right relative to the inside of the base, a notch defined in one side of each of the two slides and a spring received in the notch, the spring being biased between an inside of the notch and the fixing member, each slide having a control member which is located corresponding to the inside of the base, each control member having a protrusion which protrudes toward the toothed member, the toothed member having teeth on a distal end thereof, two shifting members respectively extending from two sides of the toothed member, the shifting members contacting the protrusions of the two control members, the slide located corresponding to the toothed member having a rod extending therefrom and located opposite to the notch, the other slide located corresponding to the groove of the shackle having a block extending therefrom which is engaged with the groove to position the first end of the shackle, the hook member located between the board and the fixing member, one end of the hook member movably inserted in the slot to be engaged with the cover, the hook member having a push member which has an inclined face contacting the rod, the hook member having a stop opposite to the push member, a tension spring being biased between an underside of the stop and an auxiliary member extending from the board;
- an electric control unit having a motor and a circuit board which is connected to an underside of the touch screen of the cover and electrically connected with the touch screen and the power supply member, the motor located between the two slides and electrically connected with the circuit board, the motor having a driving disk which is engaged with the toothed member orthogonally, the circuit board controlling the motor to drive the driving disk to rotate the toothed member, and
- the touch screen on the cover controlling the motor to control the toothed member so as to move the shifting members to move the slides, when the motor drives the driving disk counter clockwise, the toothed member rotates clockwise to move the slide located beneath the toothed member from the shackle, the first end of the shackle is pushed by the resilient member and pops out from the base, when the motor drives the driving disk clockwise, the toothed member rotates counter clockwise to move the slide located above the toothed member to move the hook member to be disengaged from the cover, so that the cover is pivoted away from the base.
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