Portable suitcase with electronic combination locking device

• US 10,161,165 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2017
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dongguan Chongwei Metals & Plastic Products Factory Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Dongguan Chongwei Metals & Plastic Products Factory Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yuan, Mengxiao
• Primary Examiner(s): Barrett, Suzanne L
• Application Number:
  US15/703,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20180080259A1
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• Field of Search: 70 63, 70 69- 72, 70284, 70285, 702781
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/18 Devices to prevent theft or loss of purses, luggage or hand carried bags
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2005/037 with a hard shell, i.e. rigid shell as volume creating element
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 5/02 Materials therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 5/03 Suitcases
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0017 with rotary motion
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0058 by batteries
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0012 with rotary electromotors actuators with rotary electromotors per se H02K7/06, H02K23/68
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0657 by locking the handle, spindle, follower or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 49/00 Electric permutation locks; Circuits therefor ; Mechanical aspects of electronic locks; Mechanical keys therefor arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; mechanisms including electronic locks actuated by nonmechanical keys such as passive and active electrical keys and other data carriers G07C9/00, G07F7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/52 Other locks for chests, boxes, trunks, baskets, travelling bags, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/5284 in which a movable latch is passed through a staple loop similar fasteners for buckles A44B11/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 9/047 comprising key-operated locks, e.g. a lock cylinder to drive auxiliary deadbolts or latch bolts E05C9/041 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/0069 actuated in a predetermined sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00944 Details of construction or manufacture

Abstract

A portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device includes a suitcase body, a suitcase cover, a pair of lock hooks installed to the suitcase cover, a pair of first openings formed on the suitcase body for accommodating the lock hooks, a first locking device installed on an outer top surface of the suitcase cover, and a set of numeric keys and first buttons installed on the first locking device; a second locking device installed onto the suitcase body, a second button device installed onto the second locking device and disposed opposite to the first button, and a pair of latch mechanisms for receiving the actuation of the second button device, and the first locking device receives a correct unlock password to release the lock of the first button, and the second button device receives the actuation of the first button to detach the latch mechanism from the lock hook.

Claims

1. A portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device, comprising:

a suitcase body,

a suitcase cover hinged with the suitcase body,

a pair of lock hooks symmetrically installed to the suitcase cover,

a pair of first openings formed on the suitcase body for accommodating the lock hooks respectively, wherein the portable suitcase further comprises;

a first locking device installed onto the outer top surface of the suitcase cover,

a set of numeric keys and a first button capable of being actuated installed onto the first locking device;

a second locking device installed onto the suitcase body,

a second button device capable of being actuated installed onto the second locking device and disposed opposite to the first button, and

a pair of latch mechanisms for receiving the actuation of the second button device, and the first locking device receives a correct unlock password to release the first locking device with the first button, and

the second button device receives the actuation of the first button to detach the pair of latch mechanisms from the pair of lock hooks.

2. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 1, wherein the first locking device is a panel device comprising:

an actuator assembly,

a toggle member installed under the first button and actuated by the actuator assembly to rotate from a first position preventing the first button to move downward to a second position allowing the first button to move downward;

the second button device comprises;

a lock seat with a second opening,

a button seat installed in the second opening,

a second button installed in the button seat and disposed opposite to the first button, and

a pair of cams symmetrically installed in the button seat and actuated by the second button;

the latch mechanism comprises;

a pair of sliding plates symmetrically installed on both sides of the cams and actuated by the cams respectively to slide in the lock seat,

a catch member installed onto the sliding plate for hooking the lock hook, and

a second cylinder spring installed between the sliding plate and the catch member;

and the first locking device comprises an actuating plate fixed to the first button, and the actuating plate is extended out from the panel device and disposed opposite to the second button.

3. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 2, wherein

the panel device comprises a panel and a bottom plate, and the actuator assembly and toggle member are installed between the panel and the bottom plate, and the toggle member comprises:

a bolt hub and a first arm extended from the bolt hub,

a first tooth disposed on the bolt hub and a first groove formed adjacent to the first tooth,

a pivot installed onto the bolt hub,

a blind shaft hole formed on the panel and the bottom plate separately and matched with the pivot, and a first sliding groove formed on the first arm;

the actuator assembly comprises;

a motor,

a drive shaft installed to a motor shaft,

a first cylinder spring with a free end fixed and coupled to the drive shaft,

a follower shaft capable of performing an axial displacement in the first cylinder spring,

a pin installed onto the follower shaft and capable of rotating into the first cylinder spring and an end of the pin extending from the outer periphery of the first cylinder spring and installed into the first sliding groove;

the first button comprises a first protrusion capable of entering into the first groove, and the toggle member is disposed at the first position, and first tooth and the first protrusion are aligned precisely with each other, and the toggle member is disposed at the second position, and the first groove and the first protrusion are aligned precisely with each other.

4. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 2, wherein the second button comprises:

a horizontally installed pressure block,

a pair of guide grooves formed on the pressure block,

a pair of vertical plates perpendicular to the pressure block, and

a horizontal plate coupled to the pair of vertical plates;

the button seat comprises;

a third opening for accommodating the pressure block,

a pair of guide strips slidably configured and matched with the guide grooves,

a pair of hinge cavities symmetrically formed on the outer side of the guide strip;

and the cam comprises;

a first flange disposed at the hinge cavity,

a second flange abutting the lower edge of the pressure block, and

a third flange abutting an end of the sliding plate.

5. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 2, wherein the panel comprises

a first plane parallel to the top surface of the suitcase cover, and

a second plane parallel to the vertical surface of the suitcase cover, and

a fourth opening is formed at the interaction of the top surface and the vertical surface of the suitcase cover for installing the panel device, and an elastic protrusion is deposed in the fourth opening and has an inclination and an end facing downward, and a second protrusion is formed at a position corresponsive to the panel and matched with the elastic protrusion, and after the panel device is installed into the fourth opening, an end of the elastic protrusion abuts against the second protrusion.

6. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 5, further comprising

a border embedded into the fourth opening and fixed to the vertical surface in the fourth opening, and the elastic protrusion is the elastic plate installed downwardly from the end of the vertical surface in the border, and after the panel device is installed into the border, an end of the elastic plate abuts against the second protrusion.

7. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 1, further comprising a lock installed onto the lock seat for detaching the latch mechanism and the lock hook by using a key to actuate the second button.

8. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 7, further comprising a front cover installed to the suitcase body, a fixing post symmetrically installed to the front cover and capable of passing through a front wall of the suitcase body, a pair of mounting holes formed on the lock seat and matched with the fixing post, a lock hole formed on the front cover for exposing the front end surface of the lock, a pair of rectangular holes respectively and symmetrically installed to the both sides of the lock hole, and a pair of hasp members installed into and hinged with the rectangular hole.

9. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 1, further comprising a power supply device installed in the suitcase cover and electrically coupled to the panel device, and the power supply device comprising a laminated battery and a holder fixed to the laminated battery, and the holder comprising a base fixed to an inner surface of the suitcase cover, a cover hinged with an end of the base, a hinge hole formed on the cover, a hinge shaft matched with the hinge hole, and a bias spring installed to the hinge shaft, and the inner surface of the cover being matched with a portion of the outer surface of the laminated battery, and a first free end of the bias spring being latched to the base, and a second free end abuts with a plane of the cover.

10. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 9, wherein the bias spring is a cylinder torsion spring, and the cylinder torsion spring comprises a spring coil, and

the first free end of the spring coil is extended in perpendicular direction along the axis of the spring coil and bent into a half-rectangular frame to abut against the cover, and the second free end is extended out from the spring coil and bent into a lever parallel to the spring coil and abutting against the base, and

the base comprises a third plane and a third vertical surface, and a circular tube formed and coiled at the upper end portion of the third vertical surface for accommodating the spring coil, and the third plane and the third vertical surface have a rib contacted with the outer surface of the laminated battery and a fixing hole formed on the suitcase cover for fixing the base, and the cover comprises:

a pair of pawls installed on the inner surface of the front end of the cover and matched with the external periphery of the laminated battery,

a pair of cylinders with a hinge hole installed at the rear end of the cover,

a pair of second arms installed between the pawls and the cylinders, and

a flat plate installed between the pair of second arms for pressing an outer plane of the laminated battery.

11. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 1, wherein the suitcase body and the suitcase cover are a wooden box with a metal frame and a wooden suitcase cover respectively.

12. The portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device according to claim 1, wherein the suitcase body and the suitcase cover are respectively and integrally formed suitcase body and suitcase cover by plastic injection molding.