CN118208095A - Electronic lock assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic lock assembly includes a bracket and an electronic lock body. The bracket is configured to be mounted on a door panel. The bracket includes an elastic member, a portion of which is tilted downward relative to a horizontal direction. The electronic lock body is configured to be mounted on the bracket or removed from the bracket. The electronic lock body includes: a rear cover body, having a through hole penetrating the rear cover body, wherein when the rear cover body is leaned against the bracket and then moved downward, one end of the portion of the elastic member can be stuck in the through hole; and a main cover body, including a push-pull piece, the push-pull piece has a convex portion facing the through hole, wherein when the push-pull piece is pushed toward the through hole, the convex portion can push the end of the portion of the elastic member stuck in the through hole away from the through hole.

Description

Electronic lock components

Technical Field

The invention relates to an electronic lock assembly.

Background technique

Currently, electronic locks are usually installed on door lock brackets using screws or other moving parts. If you want to remove the electronic lock, you also need to use tools such as screwdrivers, tweezers, etc. In other words, the current installation and removal process of electronic locks is relatively complicated and time-consuming.

Summary of the invention

The present invention provides an electronic lock assembly, including a bracket and an electronic lock body. The bracket is configured to be installed on a door panel. The bracket includes an elastic member, a portion of which is tilted downward relative to a horizontal direction. The electronic lock body is configured to be installed on the bracket or removed from the bracket. The electronic lock body includes: a rear cover body, having a through hole penetrating the rear cover body, wherein when the rear cover body is leaned against the bracket and then moved downward, one end of the portion of the elastic member can be stuck in the through hole; and a main cover body, including a push-pull piece, the push-pull piece has a convex portion facing the through hole, wherein when the push-pull piece is pushed toward the through hole, the convex portion can push the end of the portion of the elastic member stuck in the through hole away from the through hole.

In some embodiments of the present invention, another portion of the elastic member contacts the bracket.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the rear cover body further has a recessed portion that is recessed inward from a surface of the rear cover body that faces the bracket, the recessed portion is connected to the through hole, and the recessed portion is configured to accommodate the elastic member.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a surface of the recess facing the bracket and adjacent to an upper edge of the through hole is inclined.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the bracket also includes a hook portion connecting the bracket, and the rear cover body includes a limiting piece and a through hole separated from each other, the limiting piece and the rear cover body define a back opening and an upper opening, the back opening is located on the surface of the rear cover body facing the bracket, and the upper opening is close to a portion of the surface of the rear cover body facing away from the bracket, wherein when the rear cover body is leaning against the bracket and the back opening is aligned with the hook portion, the limiting piece covers the hook portion, and then when the rear cover body is moved downward, the limiting piece is also moved downward so that a portion of the hook portion is exposed from the upper opening, and another portion of the hook portion contacts the upper wall of the back opening.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the portion of the hook portion contacts the portion of the surface of the rear cover body that faces away from the bracket.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the shape of the portion of the hook portion is complementary to the shape of the portion of the surface of the rear cover body facing away from the bracket.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the electronic lock assembly also includes: a tail piece that passes through the bracket; wherein the electronic lock body also includes a rotating shaft that is located in the main cover body, the rotating shaft has an opening, and the open end of the opening faces downward, wherein when the rear cover body is placed against the bracket and then moved downward, the rotating shaft is also moved downward so that the closed end of the opening engages the end of the tail piece.

In some embodiments of the present invention, when the rear cover is placed against the bracket, the open end of the opening can accommodate a portion of the end of the tail piece.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the rear cover body further has a tail piece mounting hole penetrating the rear cover body, wherein when the rear cover body is leaned against the bracket, the tail piece mounting hole can accommodate a portion of the end of the tail piece.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the rear cover body further has an axial hole penetrating the rear cover body, the axial hole is located above the tail piece mounting hole and connected to the tail piece mounting hole, and the rotating shaft is located in the axial hole.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The following will be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and various aspects of the present invention may be best understood based on the following embodiments. However, it should be understood that, in accordance with industry practice, the various features are not necessarily drawn to scale. In fact, for the sake of clarity, the shapes of the various features may be appropriately adjusted, and the sizes of the various features may be increased or decreased at will.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective exploded schematic diagram of a bracket and an electronic lock body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective exploded schematic diagram of a bracket and an electronic lock body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of an electronic lock body leaning against a bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of the electronic lock body of FIG. 3 after being moved downward.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged three-dimensional schematic diagram of the bracket and the electronic lock body of FIG. 4 .

FIG. 6 is a rear perspective schematic diagram of the rotating shaft and the tail piece of FIG. 3 .

FIG. 7 is a rear perspective schematic diagram of the rotating shaft and the tail piece of FIG. 4 .

The reference numerals are as follows:

50: Door panel

100: Bracket

100t: Open hole

110: Elastic parts

112, 114: Part

120: Hook

122: Horizontal part

124: Vertical part

200: Electronic lock body

210: Back cover

210a: Shaft hole

210p: Tail piece mounting hole

210r: Recess

210t: Through hole

212: Limiting parts

212b: Back opening

212u: Upper opening

220: Main cover

222: Push piece

2222: convex part

230: Shaft

230p: Opening

240: Upper cover

300: Tail piece

Detailed ways

The advantages and features of the present invention and the methods of achieving the same will be more easily understood by describing them in more detail with reference to the exemplary embodiments and drawings. However, the present invention can be implemented in different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. On the contrary, for those skilled in the art, the embodiments provided will make the present disclosure more thorough and comprehensive and fully convey the scope of the present invention.

The spatially relative terms used in this document, such as "lower" and "upper", are used to facilitate the description of the relative relationship between one element or feature and another element or feature in the drawings. The true meaning of these spatially relative terms includes other orientations. For example, when the drawings are flipped 180 degrees up and down, the relationship between one element and another element may change from "lower" to "upper". The spatially relative descriptions used in this document should also be interpreted in the same way.

As described in the prior art, the current installation and disassembly process of the electronic lock is relatively complicated and time-consuming. Accordingly, the present invention provides an electronic lock assembly including a bracket and an electronic lock body. Through the design of the elastic member of the bracket, the through hole of the rear cover of the electronic lock body, and the push-against piece of the main cover of the electronic lock body, the electronic lock body of the present invention can be installed to the bracket or removed from the bracket by hand. The installation and disassembly method is very simple, and the above-mentioned technical problems can be solved. Various embodiments of the electronic lock assembly of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective exploded schematic diagram of a bracket and an electronic lock body according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a rear perspective exploded schematic diagram of a bracket and an electronic lock body according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the electronic lock assembly includes a bracket (or door lock bracket) 100 and an electronic lock body 200. In some embodiments, the electronic lock assembly is installed on the indoor side of the door panel, so it can be called an indoor electronic lock assembly.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of an electronic lock body according to an embodiment of the present invention when it is leaning against a bracket. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of the electronic lock body of FIG. 3 after being moved downward. FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged stereoscopic schematic diagram of the bracket and the electronic lock body of FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the bracket 100 is configured to be mounted on the door panel 50. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, the bracket 100 includes an elastic member 110. A portion 112 (or may be referred to as a floating end) of the elastic member 110 is tilted downward relative to a horizontal direction (i.e., a direction perpendicular to the bracket 100). In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, another portion 114 (or may be referred to as a fixed end) of the elastic member 110 contacts the bracket 100. In some embodiments, the other portion 114 of the elastic member 110 is connected to the portion 112 of the elastic member 110. In some embodiments, the elastic member 110 is an elastic sheet, which may be made of metal and/or other suitable materials.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 , the electronic lock body 200 is configured to be installed on the bracket 100 or to be removed from the bracket 100 . The electronic lock body includes a rear cover 210 and a main cover 220 .

The rear cover 210 has a through hole 210t that penetrates the rear cover 210. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 to FIG. 5, when the rear cover 210 is placed against the bracket 100 and then moved downward, one end of the portion 112 of the elastic member 110 can be stuck in the through hole 210t, so that the rear cover 210 cannot be moved upward. In some embodiments, when the rear cover 210 is placed against the bracket 100 and then moved downward, the end of the portion 112 of the elastic member 110 enters the through hole 210t and contacts the lower wall of the through hole 210t.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 , the rear cover 210 further has a recess 210r, which is recessed inward from the surface of the rear cover 210 facing the bracket 100, the recess 210r is connected to the through hole 210t, and the recess 210r is configured to accommodate the elastic member 110. In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 , the surface of the recess 210r facing the bracket 100 and adjacent to the upper edge of the through hole 210t is inclined to prevent the end of the portion 112 of the elastic member 110 from being obstructed in the process of entering the through hole 210t.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 , the main cover 220 includes a push-pull piece 222 having a convex portion 2222 facing the through hole 210 t. In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 5 , the convex portion 2222 can be substantially aligned with the end of the portion 112 of the elastic member 110. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 5 , when the push-pull piece 2222 is pushed toward the through hole 210 t, the convex portion 2222 can push the end of the portion 112 of the elastic member 110 stuck in the through hole 210 t away from the through hole 210 t.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the electronic lock body 200 further includes a shaft 230, which is located in the main cover 220. In some embodiments, the electronic lock body 200 further includes a knob (not shown), which is connected to the shaft 230. In some embodiments, the electronic lock body 200 further includes an upper cover 240, which covers a portion of the main cover 220. The upper cover 240 can be, for example, a battery cover.

The following describes the installation method of the electronic lock body 200 of the present invention. Please refer to Figures 3 and 4 to 5. A person can place the electronic lock body 200 (which includes the rear cover body 210 and the main cover body 220, and may also include the rotating shaft 230 and/or the upper cover 240) against the bracket 100 by hand, and then move it downward. At this time, the end of the portion 112 of the elastic member 110 will enter the through hole 210t and be stuck in the through hole 210t, so that the rear cover body 210 cannot be moved upward.

The following describes the disassembly method of the electronic lock body 200 of the present invention. Please refer to Figures 4 to 5 and Figure 3. The personnel can push the push piece 2222 toward the through hole 210t. At this time, the protrusion 2222 will push the end of the portion 112 of the elastic member 110 stuck in the through hole 210t away from the through hole 210t, so that the rear cover 210 can be moved upwards, so that the personnel can move the entire electronic lock body 200 upwards by hand.

The above-mentioned installation and removal process does not require any additional tools. Compared with the electronic locks in the prior art, the electronic lock assembly of the present invention can be quickly installed and removed by hand, and its installation and removal methods are very simple.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 , the bracket 100 further includes a hook portion 120, which is connected to the bracket 100 and is separated from the elastic member 110. In some embodiments, the rear cover 210 includes a limiting member 212, which is separated from the through hole 210t, and the limiting member 212 and the rear cover 210 define a back opening 212b and an upper opening 212u, wherein the back opening 212b is located on the surface of the rear cover 210 facing the bracket 100, and the upper opening 212u is close to a portion of the surface of the rear cover 210 facing away from the bracket 100.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 , the hook portion 120 includes a transverse portion 122 and a vertical portion 124, and the transverse portion 122 is connected between the bracket 100 and the vertical portion 124. In some embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the bracket 100 has an opening 100t, and the transverse portion 122 is connected between the lower wall of the opening 100t and the vertical portion 124. In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 3 , when the rear cover 210 is placed against the bracket 100 and the back opening 212b is aligned with the hook portion 120, the limiting member 212 covers the hook portion 120; then, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 to 5 , when the rear cover 210 is moved downward, the limiting member 212 is also moved downward, so that a portion of the hook portion 120 (e.g., the vertical portion 124) is exposed from the upper opening 212u, and another portion of the hook portion 120 (e.g., at least a portion of the transverse portion 122) contacts the upper wall of the back opening 212b. As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , since the other portion of the hook portion 120 (eg, at least a portion of the transverse portion 122 ) contacts (or abuts) the upper wall of the back opening 212 b , the rear cover 210 cannot be moved downward.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , the portion of the hook portion 120 exposed from the upper opening 212u (e.g., the vertical portion 124) contacts the portion of the surface of the rear cover 210 facing away from the bracket 100, so the rear cover 210 cannot be moved forward, that is, the rear cover 210 cannot move in a direction away from the door panel 50. In some embodiments, the shape of the portion of the hook portion 120 (e.g., the vertical portion 124) is complementary to the shape of the portion of the surface of the rear cover 210 facing away from the bracket 100, so that the electronic lock body 200 has a sense of segmentation during installation.

In some embodiments, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, the electronic lock assembly also includes a tail piece 300, which penetrates the bracket 100. Figure 6 is a rear perspective schematic diagram of the rotating shaft and the tail piece of Figure 3. Figure 7 is a rear perspective schematic diagram of the rotating shaft and the tail piece of Figure 4. In some embodiments, as shown in Figures 6 and 7, the rotating shaft 230 has an opening 230p, and the opening 230p has an open end (not marked) and a closed end (not marked), the open end is located below the closed end, and the open end faces downward. When the rear cover body is leaned against the bracket and then moved downward, the rotating shaft 230 is also moved downward so that the closed end of the opening 230p engages the end of the tail piece 300. In some embodiments, as shown in Figure 6, when the rear cover body 210 is leaned against the bracket 100, the open end of the opening 230p can accommodate a portion of the end of the tail piece 300.

In some embodiments, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 6 and 7, the rear cover 210 further has a tail piece mounting hole 210p, which passes through the rear cover 210. In some embodiments, as shown in Figure 6, when the rear cover 210 is placed against the bracket 100, the tail piece mounting hole 210p can accommodate a portion of the end of the tail piece 300.

In some embodiments, as shown in Figures 1 to 4, Figure 6 and Figure 7, the rear cover body 210 also has an axial hole 210a, which passes through the rear cover body 210, the axial hole 210a is located above the tail piece mounting hole 210p and connected to the tail piece mounting hole 210p, and the rotating shaft 230 is located in the axial hole 210a.

However, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it cannot be used to limit the scope of the present invention. That is, all simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims and the invention description of the present invention are still within the scope of the present invention. In addition, any embodiment or claim of the present invention does not need to achieve all the purposes, advantages or features disclosed in the present invention. In addition, the abstract part and the title are only used to assist the search of patent documents, and are not used to limit the scope of rights of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. An electronic lock assembly, comprising:

A bracket configured to be mounted to a door panel, the bracket comprising:

an elastic member, a portion of which is inclined downward with respect to a horizontal direction; and

An electronic lock body configured to be mounted to or dismounted from the bracket, the electronic lock body comprising:

a rear cover having a through hole penetrating the rear cover, wherein one end of the portion of the elastic member is capable of being caught in the through hole when the rear cover is leaned against the bracket and then moved downward; and

The main cover body comprises a pushing piece, wherein the pushing piece is provided with a convex part facing the through hole, and when the pushing piece is pushed to the through hole, the convex part can push the end of the part of the elastic piece clamped in the through hole away from the through hole.

2. The electronic lock assembly of claim 1, wherein another portion of the resilient member contacts the bracket.

3. The electronic lock assembly of claim 1, wherein the rear cover further has a recess recessed inwardly from a surface of the rear cover facing the bracket, the recess communicating with the through hole, the recess being configured to receive the elastic member.

4. The electronic lock assembly of claim 3, wherein a surface of the recess facing the bracket and adjacent an upper edge of the through hole is disposed obliquely.

5. The electronic lock assembly of claim 1, wherein the bracket further comprises a hook portion coupled to the bracket, the rear cover includes a direction limiting member and the through hole are separated from each other, the direction limiting member and the rear cover define a back opening and an upper opening, the back opening is located on a surface of the rear cover facing the bracket, the upper opening is adjacent to a portion of a surface of the rear cover facing away from the bracket, wherein the direction limiting member covers the hook portion when the rear cover is leaned against the bracket and the back opening is aligned with the hook portion, and then the direction limiting member is also moved downward when the rear cover is moved downward such that a portion of the hook portion is exposed from the upper opening, and another portion of the hook portion contacts an upper wall of the back opening.

6. The electronic lock assembly of claim 5, wherein the portion of the hook portion contacts the portion of the surface of the rear cover facing away from the bracket.

7. The electronic lock assembly of claim 6, wherein a shape of the portion of the hook portion is complementary to a shape of the portion of the surface of the rear cover facing away from the bracket.

8. The electronic lock assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

A tail piece penetrating through the bracket;

The electronic lock body also comprises a rotating shaft which is positioned in the main cover body, the rotating shaft is provided with an opening, one opening end of the opening faces downwards, and when the rear cover body is leaned against the bracket and then moves downwards, the rotating shaft also moves downwards so that one closed end of the opening is clamped with one tail end of the tail piece.

9. The electronic lock assembly of claim 7, wherein the open end of the opening is capable of receiving a portion of an end of the tail piece when the rear cover is resting on the bracket.

10. The electronic lock assembly of claim 7, wherein the rear cover further has a tail piece mounting hole therethrough, wherein the tail piece mounting hole is capable of receiving a portion of the end of the tail piece when the rear cover is resting on the bracket.

11. The electronic lock assembly of claim 9, wherein the rear cover further has an axle hole extending through the rear cover, the axle hole being located above and in communication with the tailpiece mounting hole, the spindle being located in the axle hole.