CN201796327U - Lockers for computer peripherals - Google Patents

Abstract

A lock for a computer peripheral device, comprising: a housing having an accommodating space therein; the key is provided with a guide edge extending forwards and backwards, and the front part and the back part of the guide edge are respectively close to one side of the shell or one side far away from the shell; a push-in/push-out component arranged between the shell and the key; the lock bolt is provided with a guide part and a locking part, the lock bolt is movably arranged in the shell, the guide part acts on the guide edge, the locking part extends out of the shell when the lock bolt is positioned at a locking position, and the locking part retracts into the shell when the lock bolt is positioned at an unlocking position; and an elastic member, one end of which acts on the latch and the other end of which acts on the housing or components inside the housing. Therefore, the locking and unlocking device has the advantages of simplicity and convenience in operation without a key.

Description

Locker for computer peripherals

technical field

The utility model is related to the locking technology for peripheral devices installed in computers, in particular to a locker for computer peripheral devices that can be locked and unlocked.

Background technique

Current computer peripheral devices, in terms of devices that need to be connected externally, such as removable hard disks, mostly have a lock. After the removable hard disk is inserted into the corresponding slot on the computer, the lock is turned with a key to lock the removable hard disk. on the computer.

The above-mentioned locking method utilizes a traditional lock with a key. However, the user often loses the key, resulting in the problem that the lock cannot be released. On the contrary, the removable disk cannot be taken out, and the convenience of the removable disk is lost.

In addition, in Taiwan Patent No. M340589, a push-in/ejection member (figure number 41) is disclosed, which can change the push-in and ejection states by pressing after the card is inserted.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a locker for computer peripheral devices, which does not need a corresponding lock key, and can lock and unlock computer peripheral devices only by pressing directly.

The second object of the present invention is to provide a locker for computer peripheral devices, which has the functions of simple operation and convenient access.

In order to achieve the aforementioned purpose, a locker for a computer peripheral device provided by the present invention includes: a housing with an accommodating space inside; a button with a body and a pressing portion, the body can be The pressing part is arranged in the accommodating space to move back and forth, the pressing part is located at the front end of the body and outside the housing, the body has a guide edge extending back and forth, and the front and rear parts of the guide edge are respectively close to the One side of the housing or the side far away from the housing; a push-in/ejection assembly is arranged between the housing and the key, so that the key is pushed into the housing or ejected from the housing after being pressed The state of the body; a latch has a guide portion and a locking portion, the latch is movably arranged on the housing, and the guide portion acts on the guide edge, the latch moves back and forth on the button When the guide part is moved along the guide edge, it moves between a locked position and an unlocked position. When the latch is in the locked position, the locking part protrudes from the housing. When the latch is in the unlocked position The locking part is retracted into the casing; and an elastic member, one end acts on the latch and the other end acts on the casing or components inside the casing, the elastic force of which is used to keep the latch moving to the locked position. Thereby, it can have the simplicity and convenience of operating locking and unlocking without a key.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is an assembled perspective view of the first preferred embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the first preferred embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the action of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, which shows the state of the latch in the locked position after the cover is removed.

Fig. 4 is another schematic diagram of the action of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state that the button is pushed out and the latch is in the unlocked position.

Fig. 5 is another schematic diagram of the action of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state that the latch is retracted into the housing when the latch is directly acted on by an external force.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state of the present invention installed in a computer peripheral device.

Fig. 7 is a top view of Fig. 6, showing the state after the cover is removed.

FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 7 .

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the action of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state of the button being pushed out.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of the action of the first preferred embodiment of the utility model, showing the status of the utility model being pulled out of the casing together with the peripheral devices of the computer.

Fig. 11 is an assembled perspective view of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state after the cover is removed.

Fig. 12 is a partially exploded perspective view of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the disassembled bottom state of the latch.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of the action of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state where the latch is in the locked position when not in action.

Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of the action of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state that the button is pushed out and the latch is in the unlocked position.

Fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of the action of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state that the latch is retracted into the casing when the latch is directly acted on by an external force.

Detailed ways

In order to describe the structure and characteristics of the present utility model in detail, the following preferred embodiments are given and illustrated as follows in conjunction with the drawings, wherein:

As shown in Figures 1 to 2, a lock 10 for a computer peripheral device provided by the first preferred embodiment of the present invention is mainly composed of a housing 11, a button 21, and a push-in/ejection assembly 31 , a latch 41 and an elastic member 51, wherein:

The housing 11 has an accommodating space 12 inside. The housing 11 is composed of a base 13 and a cover 18 . The accommodating space 12 is formed between the base 13 and the cover 18 . The base 13 of the housing 11 has a plurality of blocking blocks 14 extending into the receiving space 12 .

The button 21 has a body part 22 and a pressing part 28, the body part 22 is arranged in the accommodating space 12 so as to move back and forth, the pressing part 28 is located at the front end of the body part 22 and is located outside the housing 11. The body part 22 has a guiding edge 23 extending forward and backward, and the front and rear parts of the guiding edge 23 are respectively a side close to the housing 11 or a side away from the housing 11 . The side referred to in this first embodiment is the left side as an example (this is only for example, it can also be changed to the right side), and in this embodiment, the guide edge 23 is approached and gradually moved from front to back. away from the left side of the housing 11. The body 22 also has an accommodating area 24 , the space of the accommodating area 24 can be used for the front end of the elastic member 51 and the latch 41 to swing left and right when subjected to external force. It can be seen from FIG. 2 that the guide edge 23 is located on the left side of the accommodating area 24 in this embodiment. In addition, the body 22 has several stoppers 25 corresponding to the stoppers 14. When the body 22 moves forward to a predetermined distance, the stoppers 25 are against the stoppers 14, so as to prevent the body from 22 is pulled out of the housing 11.

The push-in/eject assembly 31 is disposed between the housing 11 and the key 21 , and provides the state that the key 21 is pushed into the housing 11 or ejected from the housing 11 after being pressed. Wherein, since the pushing/ejecting component 31 belongs to the prior art, its detailed structure and operation method will not be described in detail.

The latch 41 has a guiding portion 42 and a locking portion 44. The latch 41 is rotatably arranged on the casing 11, and the guiding portion 42 acts on the guiding edge 23. The lock When the button 21 moves back and forth, the latch 41 moves between a locked position and an unlocked position by the action of the guide portion 42 along the guide edge 23. When the latch 41 is in the locked position, the locking portion 44 extends out of the housing 11, the locking portion 44 retracts into the housing 11 when the latch 41 is in the unlocked position. Wherein, when the structure of the latch 41 is defined by taking the latch 41 at the locking position, the rear of the locking portion 44 of the latch 41 has an inclined surface 441 extending from the outer side of the housing 11 toward the housing 11 and rearward. , the front of the locking portion 44 has a laterally extending blocking surface 442 .

The elastic piece 51 is a shrapnel, its rear end is arranged on the rear end of the body 22, the front end of the elastic piece 51 is located in the accommodation area 24 and acts on the guide portion 42 of the latch 41, and can be It swings left and right in the accommodating area 24 when an external force acts on it. The elastic member 51 moves from front to back, approaches to and gradually moves away from the left side of the casing 11 , corresponding to the guiding edge 23 . Thus, the elastic member 51 is arranged between the button 21 and the latch 41, and the button 21 is an internal component of the housing 11. The elastic force of the elastic member 51 is used to keep the latch 41 locked. The location moves.

In order to enhance the locking effect, a perforation 19 is provided on the cover 18 of the housing 11, and the body 22 of the button 21 has a locking hole 26. When the button 21 is pushed into the housing 11, the through hole 19 corresponds to this locking hole 26 . In this way, a bolt 96 can pass through the through hole 19 from the outside and be screwed to the locking hole 26 to achieve an additional locking effect.

Next, the operating state of the first embodiment is described, wherein the first embodiment is not installed in a computer peripheral device 81 (referring to FIG. 6 ), and then the independent action state of the first embodiment is described after it is installed in a computer peripheral device 81. action state.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , the lock 10 of the first embodiment, when the button 21 is in the state of being pushed into the housing 11, the latch 41 is affected by the elastic member 51, and the latch 41 is guided The guiding portion 42 acts on the front section of the guiding edge 23 and is close to the left side of the housing 11 , so the latch 41 is in the locking position, and the locking portion 44 extends out of the housing 11 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , after the button 21 is pressed once, the button 21 is pushed out of the casing 11 by the push-in/ejection assembly 31 . At this time, the guide portion 42 of the latch 41 acts on the rear section of the guide edge 23 away from the left side of the housing 11, and this action relationship will cause the latch 41 to swing to the unlocked position, and the locking portion 44 also retracts the housing 11 .

After the button 21 is pressed again, the button 21 returns to the state of being pushed into the housing 11 by the action of the push-in/ejection assembly 31, that is, returns to the state shown in FIG. 3 .

In addition, in the state shown in FIG. 3 , the latch 41 is affected by the elastic member 51 to make the locking portion 44 protrude out of the housing 11 . At this time, if there is an external force acting on the locking portion 44 to push it to the inside of the housing 11, if the pushing force is greater than the elastic force of the elastic member 51, then the latch 41 will still be locked due to the spatial relationship of the accommodating area 24. It will swing inward to the accommodating area 24 and the locking portion 44 will be retracted into the housing 11 , and its state is shown in FIG. 5 .

When the lock 10 of the first embodiment is implemented in a computer peripheral device 81 (such as a removable hard disk), as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 and in conjunction with FIGS. On one side, a corresponding slot 92 is provided on the computer host case 91 where the computer peripheral device 81 is to be installed. In the process of pushing the computer peripheral device 81 from the slot 92 into the casing 91, when the lock 10 passes through the casing 91, the inclined surface 441 provided behind the locking portion 44 of the latch 41 That is, it acts on the casing 91, and the locking portion 44 is pushed into the housing 11 of the locker 10 by the force component (the state in which the locking portion 44 is pushed is shown in FIG. 5 ). After the locker 10 passes through the casing 91 completely, the latch 41 is no longer affected by the casing 91 and the locking part 44 is exposed outside the casing 11 by the action of the elastic member 51 . At this moment, the computer peripheral device 81 and the locking device 10 are blocked at the rear of the casing 91 and cannot be pulled out by the retaining surface 442 at the rear of the casing 91. At this moment, the locking action is completed. In other words, the operator only needs to directly push the computer peripheral device 81 into the casing 91 to automatically complete the locking action.

Please refer to FIG. 9 to FIG. 10 again. When you want to take out the computer peripheral device 81 that has been pushed in, you only need to press the button 21 again, and the latch 41 can be acted on by the push-in/ejection assembly 31. The locking portion 44 is retracted into the casing 11 to be in the state shown in FIG. 9 . At this time, the locking portion 44 is not blocked by the rear of the casing 91 , so the computer peripheral device 81 and the locking device 10 can be taken out together, as shown in FIG. 10 . In other words, the operator only needs to press the button 21 once to release the locked state and take out the computer peripheral device 81 . In addition, when taking out the computer peripheral device 81 in the unlocked state, in addition to pulling out the computer peripheral device 81 directly, you can also pull the pressing part 28 of the key 21 outward, and use the stop part 25 The abutting relationship with the stopper 14 is used to pull out the casing 91 together with the casing 11 and the computer peripheral device 81 .

If it is expected that the computer peripheral device 81 will not be taken out in a short time after being loaded into the casing 91, a screw hole 93 (shown in FIG. 10 ) corresponding to the casing 11 can also be provided on the casing 91. Perforation 19 and the locking hole 26 of this body 22 (perforation 19 and locking hole 26 are shown in Figure 2), and by this bolt 96 (shown in Figure 6) locking, thereby unless this bolt 96 is taken off, otherwise It has always been locked on the casing 91 by the bolt 96, and can reach a more stable locked state. In this state, even if the button 21 is pressed, it cannot be moved, that is, its state cannot be changed and unlocked.

Please refer to Fig. 11 to Fig. 15 again, the locker 60 of a computer peripheral device provided by the second preferred embodiment of the present invention is basically the same as the aforementioned first embodiment, the difference lies in:

The latch 41' is arranged on the casing 11' (in this embodiment, on the base 13' of the casing 11') in a manner to move left and right. And the latch 41' has a spring groove 48.

In the second embodiment, the elastic member 51' is not in the shape of a shrapnel, but a spring, which is accommodated in the spring groove 48, and one end of the elastic member 51' is against the bottom wall of the spring groove 48'. The other end is against the housing 11'.

In this way, the elastic member 51' can also provide an elastic force for the latch 41' to move to the locking position.

The rest of the structure and operation status of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment disclosed above, and will not be repeated here.

As can be seen from the above, the effect that the utility model can achieve is:

1. No locks are needed: the utility model does not need locks and keys. When the peripheral devices of the computer are to be installed, the locking action can be completed by directly pushing them in. When taking out the computer peripheral device, you only need to press the button once to release the locked state, and then you can take out the computer peripheral device.

2. Simple operation and convenient access: since the lock only needs to be pushed directly, and the unlock only needs to be pressed once, so the operation on locking and unlocking is very simple, and the access is also extremely convenient.

Claims (10)

1. the lock of a computer peripheral apparatus is characterized in that, includes:

One housing, inside have an accommodation space;

One button, have a whole body portion and a press section, this body portion can be arranged in this accommodation space movably forward and backward, this press section is positioned at this body portion front end and is positioned at outside this housing, a guiding edge that extends before and after this body portion has, this guiding edge is a side of close this housing respectively or away from a side of this housing in the part before and after it;

One pushes/ejection assembly, is located between this housing and this button, is the state that pushes this housing or eject this housing after providing this button to be pressed;

One lock bolt, have a guidance part and a sticking department, this lock bolt is located at this housing movably, and this guidance part acts on this guiding edge, the effect by this guidance part along this guiding edge and between a latched position and a unlocked position, moving when this button moves forward and backward of this lock bolt, this sticking department stretched out this housing when this lock bolt was positioned at latched position, this sticking department this housing of withdrawing when this lock bolt is positioned at unlocked position; And

One elastic component, an end acts on this lock bolt and the other end acts on the assembly of this housing or this enclosure interior, and its elastic force moves to latched position in order to keep this lock bolt.

2. the lock of computer peripheral apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this housing is made up of a base and a lid.

3. the lock of computer peripheral apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: when being positioned at latched position and defining the structure of this lock bolt with this lock bolt, the rear of the sticking department of this lock bolt has by this hull outside towards this housing and the inclined-plane that extends back, and the place ahead of this locking has the block face of a horizontal expansion.

4. the lock of computer peripheral apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: have at least one block in this housing and extend in this accommodation space, the body portion of this button has at least one stopper corresponding to this at least one block; When the body portion of this button moved forward to preset distance, this stopper promptly was butted on this block, used to prevent that this body portion is drawn out this housing.

5. the lock of computer peripheral apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that: this housing has a perforation, and the body portion of this button has a lock hole, and when this button was the state that pushes this housing, this was bored a hole corresponding to this lock hole.

6. the lock of computer peripheral apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that: but this lock bolt is arranged at this housing in the mode of swing.

7. the lock of computer peripheral apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that: but this lock bolt is arranged at this housing in the mode of move left and right.

8. the lock of computer peripheral apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that: before this guiding cause backwardly by near and gradually away from a side of this housing; This elastic component is a shell fragment, is located at the body portion rear end of this button with its rear end, and the front end of this elastic component acts on the guidance part of this lock bolt, and this elastic component from front to back by near and gradually away from a side of this housing, and corresponding to this guiding edge.

9. the lock of computer peripheral apparatus according to claim 8, it is characterized in that: the body portion of this button has a disposal area, and the front end of this elastic component is positioned at this disposal area, swings in this disposal area being subjected to external force to do the time spent.

10. the lock of computer peripheral apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this lock bolt has a spring groove, this elastic component is that a spring is placed in this spring groove, and an end of this elastic component is resisted against this spring groove diapire, and the other end is resisted against this housing.

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