US 9,752,363 B2Granted

Locking structure

AssigneeWistron Corporation

InventorHung-Li Chen

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Abstract

A locking structure for securing an electronic device includes a body, a worm shaft, a guide rod, a fixing base and a linkage set. When a user wants to connect the electronic device to another device, the user could insert the electronic device into the locking structure which is set on the device. Then, the user pushes down the electronic device to drive the locking structure and the worm shaft of the locking structure would be rotated from a releasing direction to a securing direction. When the user wants to release the electronic device, the user could push it back to the original position. Then, the worm shaft would be rotated from the securing direction to the releasing direction so the user could release the electronic device from the locking structure. Consequently, it is easy to secure or release the electronic device to another device through the locking structure.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A locking structure, provided for securing an electronic device, the locking structure comprising:

a body;
a worm shaft, pivotally assembled to the body, the worm shaft comprising a rotating shaft, a guide rail and a locking member, the guide rail annularly assembled on the rotating shaft, the locking member securely assembled at an end portion of the rotating shaft;
a guide rod, disposed on the body, one of two ends of the guide rod slidably assembled to the guide rail of the worm shaft;
a fixing base, pivotally assembled to the body;
and
a linkage set, pivotally assembled to the body, one end of the linkage set abutting against the fixing base, and another end of the linkage set connected to the guide rod;
wherein when the electronic device pushes the body to rotate the body by using the fixing base as a rotating center, which causes the worm shaft to axially rotate to allow the locking member to rotate from a releasing direction to a securing direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/308,807Filed 19 Jun 2014
Priority: TW 103113943 A16 Apr 2014
Published: US 2015/0300066 A122 Oct 2015
Granted: 5 Sep 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

E05D 11/1007
Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts: with positive locking
G06F 1/1616
With several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function: with folding flat displays,…
G06F 1/1626
For portable computers: with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
G06F 1/1679
Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts: for locking or maintaining the movable…

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US 2015/0300066 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Oct 2015
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