Burglarproof lock for a computer

• US 6,796,152 B1
• Filed: 09/12/2003
• Issued: 09/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chun Te Yu
• Original Assignee: Chun Te Yu
• Inventors: Yu, Chun Te
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J
• Application Number:
  US10/660,650
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• Field of Search: 70/14, 70/23, 70/30, 70/38.A, 70/57, 70/58, 703/86, 70D/IG.57
• US Class Current: 70/58
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0082 for office machines, e.g. PC's, portable computers, typewriters, calculators
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 70/57 Screw guard
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/40 Portable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/42 Non-shackle type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/50 Special application
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles

Abstract

A burglarproof lock for a computer which blocks the connecting port so that an unauthorized person cannot connect another connector with the connecting port to steal data. The burglarproof lock includes a housing having a connecting section and defining a cavity in which a lock apparatus is mounted. A clutch is disposed in the cavity for controlling unlocking/locking of the lock apparatus. The clutch includes a tool mounted on a lock core of the lock apparatus, a valve body controlled by the tool to be movable or unmovable and a complex bolt having an axially movable and rotatable adjustment press button and a bolt member rotatable along with the adjustment press button.

Claims

1. A burglarproof lock for a computer, the burglarproof lock being connectable with or insertable in a connecting port of the computer, the burglarproof lock comprising:

a housing defining a cavity, a lock apparatus being mounted in the cavity, the lock apparatus including an axially reciprocally movable lock core; and

a clutch disposed in the cavity for controlling unlocking/locking state of the lock apparatus, the clutch comprising;

a tool mounted on the lock core;

a valve body controlled by the tool to be movable or unmovable; and

a complex bolt including an adjustment press button and a bolt member combined with the adjustment press button, a space being defined between the adjustment press button and the bolt member, permitting the adjustment press button to axially move, the complex bolt being rotatable within the cavity about an axis thereof, the adjustment press button being axially pushable into the cavity of the housing to be engaged with the valve body and locked by the lock apparatus, the bolt member being rotatable along with the adjustment press button to be connected and locked with the connecting port of the computer or unlocked and disconnected from the connecting port.

2. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cavity of the housing includes a first chamber in the middle for mounting the lock apparatus therein and two second chambers adjacent to the first chamber on two sides of the housing, the complex bolt being mounted in each second chamber.

3. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 2, wherein the valve body is confined by the tool within a region of the first chamber.

4. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second chamber of the cavity is formed with a lower shoulder section and an upper shoulder section for restricting the adjustment press button and the bolt member within the second chamber, whereby the adjustment press button and the bolt member are prevented from detaching out of the housing.

5. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 2, wherein the valve body is a ball member.

6. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 2, wherein a resilient member constantly biases the valve body toward the complex bolt, whereby when the adjustment press button is pressed into the cavity of the housing, the adjustment press button is resiliently engaged with the valve body.

7. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 6, wherein the valve body has a projecting section directed to the complex bolt and the adjustment press button is formed with a recess, whereby when the adjustment press button is pressed into the cavity of the housing, the projecting section is engaged in the recess of the adjustment press button.

8. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjustment press button is formed with a socket, the bolt member being axially movably inserted in the socket to connect with the adjustment press button.

9. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 8, wherein the bolt member has a head end and the adjustment press button is formed with a socket at one end, the head end of the bolt member being constantly detained in the socket, the head end having at least one projecting section adapted to a recessed section of the socket.

10. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 9, wherein the head end of the bolt member and the socket of the adjustment press button have corresponding polygonal cross-sections.

11. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 8, wherein the housing has a connecting section in which a connecting port of a computer or the like is connected or inserted.

12. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second chamber of the cavity is formed with a lower shoulder section and an upper shoulder section for restricting the adjustment press button and the bolt member within the second chamber, whereby the adjustment press button and the bolt member are prevented from detaching out of the housing.

13. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bolt member has a head end and the adjustment press button is formed with a socket at one end, the head end of the bolt member being constantly detained in the socket, the head end having at least one projecting section adapted to a recessed section of the socket.

14. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 13, wherein the head end of the bolt member and the socket of the adjustment press button have corresponding polygonal cross-sections.

15. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjustment press button includes an adjustment section and a neck section having an annular recess, whereby when the adjustment press button is pressed into the cavity of the housing, the valve body is permitted to get into the annular recess.

16. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 3, wherein when the adjustment section of the adjustment press button is pressed into the cavity of the housing, the valve body is confined between the annular recess and the slope of the tool.

17. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 15, wherein a resilient member constantly biases the valve body toward the complex bolt, whereby when the adjustment press button is pressed into the cavity of the housing, the adjustment press button is resiliently engaged with the valve body.

18. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 17, wherein the valve body has a projecting section directed to the complex bolt and the adjustment press button is formed with a recess, whereby when the adjustment press button is pressed into the cavity of the housing, the projecting section is engaged in the recess of the adjustment press button.

19. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the complex bolt further includes a spring mounted between the adjustment press button and the bolt member, whereby the spring constantly exerts a force onto the adjustment press button to move out of the housing.

20. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein a steel cord is connected with outer face of the tool and extends out of the housing, the tool having two slopes facing the valve bodies, whereby when the tool pushes the valve bodies, the valve bodies are moved along the slopes opposite to each other.

21. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 20, wherein the housing has a connecting section in which a connecting port of a computer or the like is connected or inserted.

22. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 20, wherein in an unlocked state, the steel cord can push the tool to make the valve body movable.

23. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 20, wherein when the adjustment section of the adjustment press button is pressed into the cavity of the housing, the valve body is confined between the annular recess and the slope of the tool.

24. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein a spring is disposed between a head end of the lock core and the tool, the spring normally exerting an outward pushing force on the tool.

25. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the valve body is confined by the tool within a region of the first chamber.

26. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing has a connecting section in which a connecting port of a computer or the like is connected or inserted.

27. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 26, wherein the bolt member has a threaded section protruding from the housing for screwing into a thread hole on each side of the connecting port.

28. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 26, wherein the connecting section of the housing has a trapezoid cross-section.

29. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lock apparatus is a numeral lock having multiple numeral wheels.

30. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second chamber of the cavity is formed with a lower shoulder section and an upper shoulder section for restricting the adjustment press button and the bolt member within the second chamber, whereby the adjustment press button and the bolt member are prevented from detaching out of the housing.

31. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein in an unlocked state, the steel cord can push the tool to make the valve body movable.

32. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the valve body is a ball member.

33. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein a resilient member constantly biases the valve body toward the complex bolt, whereby when the adjustment press button is pressed into the cavity of the housing, the adjustment press button is resiliently engaged with the valve body.

34. The burglarproof lock for the computer as claimed in claim 33, wherein the valve body has a projecting section directed to the complex bolt and the adjustment press button is formed with a recess, whereby when the adjustment press button is pressed into the cavity of the housing, the projecting section is engaged in the recess of the adjustment press button.