Lock for electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9574378-B2
Application number	US-201313950269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2013
Priority date	Jul 24, 2012
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

A lock for an electronic device having a lock hole includes a lock core, a fastener, and an adapter, wherein the lock core is operable and rotatable about a first axis; the fastener is connected to the lock core and is shifted away from the first axis. The adapter is connected to the lock core and the fastener. The rotation of the lock core about the first axis drives the adapter to drive the fastener to rotate about a second axis, When the lock core is locked, the locked lock core restricts the fastener from rotating, when the lock core is unlocked, the fastener is operable to rotate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lock for an electronic device having a lock hole, comprising:
a lock core operable and rotatable about a first axis;
a fastener connected to the lock core;
wherein the fastener includes at least two V-shaped like lever arms disposed at two opposite sides of a virtual axis and move respectively at each side of the virtual axis, each of the lever arms includes a pivot, an effort arm and a resistance arm located at two opposite sides of the pivot, wherein a movement of the at least two effort arms toward each other brings the effort arms close to the virtual axis and accompanies a movement of the at least two resistance arms away from each other and away from the virtual axis;

wherein movement traces of the lever arms lie on a two-dimensional plane and the lever arms overlap thoroughly in a direction parallel to the two-dimensional plane so that one of the lever arms hides behind the other lever arm; and
an adapter connected to the lock core and the fastener, comprising:
an U-shaped structure capable of moving in a direction substantially perpendicular to the two-dimensional plane;

wherein a rotation of the lock core about the first axis drives the adapter to drive the fastener to rotate about a second axis, wherein an opening of the U-shaped structure of the adapter moves toward the effort arms to have the effort arms gathering and received in the U-shaped structure;
wherein when the lock core is locked, the lock core restricts the fastener from rotating; when the lock core is unlocked, the fastener is operably rotated.

2. The lock of claim 1 , wherein the lock core is a key lock core and is pressed to move toward the fastener and is locked; the lock core is unlocked under a key's operation and moves away from the fastener.

3. A lock for an electronic device having a lock hole, comprising:
a housing and a lock core; wherein the lock core is disposed in the housing, the housing has a first surface; and
a fastener connected to the lock core, wherein the fastener includes at least two V-shaped like lever arms and extends out of the housing from the first surface, disposed on a virtual axis shifted away from the center of the first surface;
wherein a distance between the fastener and a side of an edge of the first surface is different from a distance between the fastener and the opposite side of the edge of the first surface, wherein a connecting line connecting the two opposites sides passes the fastener and the center of the first surface; and
an adapter disposed in the housing, connected to the lock core and the fastener, comprising:
an U-shaped structure capable of moving in a direction substantially perpendicular to a two-dimensional plane;
wherein a rotation of the lock core drives the adapter to drive the lever arms of the fastener to have a lever action, wherein an opening of the U-shaped structure of the adapter moves toward one side of the lever arms to have the side of the lever arms gathering and received in the U-shaped structure.

4. The lock of claim 3 , wherein the fastener includes a plurality of lever arms surrounding a virtual axis, the virtual axis intersects the first surface at a position between the edge and the center of the first surface.

5. The lock of claim 4 , wherein each of the lever arms has a pivot, and an effort arm and a resistance arm located at two opposite sides of the pivot; the pivot, the effort arm, and the resistance arm constitute a V shape, the pivots of the lever arms are close to each other and surround the virtual axis.

6. The lock of claim 4 , wherein the fastener has two lever arms symmetrically disposed asides the virtual axis.

Assignees

• Sinox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Chia Ming
• Wu Chun-Sheng

Classifications

• E05B73/0005

  using chains, cables or the like (chain- or cable-locks of the padlock type E05B67/003; lockable clothing hangers or hanger racks E05B69/006) · CPC title

• Y10T70/40

  Portable · CPC title

• E05B17/04

  Devices for coupling the turning cylinder of a single or a double cylinder lock with the bolt operating member · CPC title

• E05B73/0082 Primary

  for office machines, e.g. PC's, portable computers, typewriters, calculators · CPC title

• E05B37/02

  with tumbler discs or rings arranged on a single axis, each disc being adjustable independently of the others · CPC title