Locking device

• US 9,583,151 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2014
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wiwynn Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Chao, Chien-Hsing
• Primary Examiner(s): Michener, Joshua J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gitlin, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US14/157,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20140205394A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 1/002 perpendicular to the surface on which the fastener is mounted
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 1/085 With means for assisting depression of the latch bolt during latching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1411 for securing or extracting box-type drawers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/0969 Spring projected

Abstract

A locking device for fixing an electronic component to a housing includes a rear stop frame adapted to be disposed on the housing for fixing a rear side of the electronic component, a front frame spaced apart from and in front of the rear stop frame and having a retaining portion, and a locking mechanism including a positioning frame for fixing a front side of the electronic component, and a locking member disposed on the positioning frame and releasably engaged to the retaining portion. The locking member is engaged to the retaining portion to fix the positioning frame on the front frame.

Claims

1. A locking device suitable for fixing an electronic component to a housing, said locking device comprising:

a rear stop frame adapted to be disposed on the housing for fixing a rear side of the electronic component;

a front frame adapted to be disposed on the housing, said front frame being spaced apart from and in front of said rear stop frame, and including a retaining portion and at least one supporting flat plate, each supporting flat plate being formed with a positioning hole; and

a locking mechanism including a positioning frame for fixing a front side of the electronic component, and a locking member disposed on said positioning frame and releasably engaged to said retaining portion, said locking member being engaged to said retaining portion to fix said positioning frame on said front frame, said positioning frame including a lower plate that abuts against said supporting flat plate, and at least one positioning pin that protrudes from said lower plate and that engages said positioning hole.

2. The locking device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rear stop frame includes a rear stop plate for blocking a rear end face of the electronic component, and said positioning frame includes a front stop plate for blocking a front end face of the electronic component.

3. The locking device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said rear stop frame further includes a rear buffer pad disposed on said rear stop plate for abutting against the rear end face of the electronic component, said positioning frame further including an elastic packing member disposed on said front stop plate for abutting against the front end face of the electronic component, said elastic packing member being adapted to bias the electronic component toward said rear buffer pad.

4. The locking device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said rear stop frame further includes a first top stop plate connected to a top end of said rear stop plate, said positioning frame further including a second top stop plate connected to a top end of said front stop plate, said first and second top stop plates being adapted to block a top face of the electronic component.

5. The locking device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said rear stop frame further includes a first buffer pad disposed on a bottom end of said first top stop plate, and said positioning frame further includes a second buffer pad disposed on a bottom end of said second top stop plate.

6. The locking device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said front frame further includes an upright plate, said retaining portion being configured as an engaging hole that is formed in said upright plate, said locking member including a casing fixed to said positioning frame, a locking bolt that extends through said casing and that releasably engages said retaining portion, and a biasing spring disposed in said casing and biasing said locking bolt toward a first horizontal direction so as to engage said locking bolt with said retaining portion.

7. The locking device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said upright plate includes an upright plate portion, and an inclined plate portion extending obliquely from a top end of said upright plate portion, said inclined plate portion having an inclined guide surface to contact and move said locking bolt along a second horizontal direction that is opposite to the first horizontal direction.

8. The locking device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said casing defines a passage hole, said locking bolt including a bolt rod that extends through said passage hole and that partially projects out of said casing, an annular flange that extends outwardly and radially from an outer peripheral surface of said bolt rod and that is disposed in said passage hole, and a bolt head disposed on an end of said bolt rod and that is located on an outer side of said casing, said biasing spring being sleeved on said bolt rod and abutting between said annular flange and said casing.

9. The locking device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said lower plate is connected to a bottom end of said front stop plate, and said positioning pin protrudes from a bottom end of said lower plate.

10. The locking device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said lower plate is formed with a through hole for extension of said upright plate therethrough, said front frame including two said supporting flat plates that are respectively disposed on left and right sides of said upright plate, said positioning frame including two said positioning pins, each of said positioning pins being engaged to said positioning hole in a respective one of said supporting flat plates.

11. The locking device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said retaining portion is configured as a hook, said positioning frame further including two retaining members projecting from said front stop plate and spaced apart from each other in a left-right direction, each of said retaining members being formed with a retaining hole, said locking member being rotatably received in said retaining holes of said retaining members and being releasably engaged to said retaining portion.

12. The locking device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said hook includes an upright arm, and a hook body that is formed on a top end of said upright arm and that has a hook portion, said locking member including two abutment rods that are spaced apart from each other in a left-right direction and that abut against said front stop plate, two pivot rods extending oppositely, outwardly and respectively from one ends of said abutment rods, two inclined rods extending forwardly, inclinedly and respectively from the other ends of said abutment rods that are opposite to said pivot rods, and a press rod interconnecting said inclined rods, said pivot rods being pivotally connected to said retaining holes in said retaining members, one of said inclined rods being engageable with said hook portion.

13. The locking device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said hook body further has an upper inclined surface to contact and push said one of said inclined rods toward the other one of said incline rods.

14. The locking device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said front frame includes two supporting flat plates respectively disposed on left and right sides of said retaining portion, said lower plate being connected to a bottom end of said front stop plate, said positioning pins projecting from a bottom end of said lower plate.

15. The locking device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said retaining portion is configured as a threaded hole that is formed in said supporting flat plate, said lower plate being connected to a bottom end of said front stop plate, said locking member including a fixed sleeve fixed to said lower plate, and a locking bolt that extends through and that is rotatable relative to said fixed sleeve, said locking bolt extending through said lower plate and threadedly engaging said threaded hole.

16. The locking device as claimed in claim 15, wherein said positioning pin projects from a bottom end of said lower plate, said locking bolt including a rotary sleeve rotatably sleeved on an outer periphery of said fixed sleeve, and a threaded rod section that extends from an inner surface of said rotary sleeve and that extends through said fixed sleeve to threadedly engage said threaded hole.

17. A locking device for fixing an electronic component to a housing, said locking device comprising:

a rear stop frame adapted to be disposed on the housing for fixing a rear side of the electronic component, said rear stop frame including a rear stop plate for blocking a read end face of the electronic component, and a first top stop plate connected to a top end of said rear stop plate for blocking a top face of the electronic component;

a front frame adapted to be disposed on the housing, said front frame being spaced apart from and in front of said rear stop frame, and including a retaining portion and at least one supporting flat plate, each supporting flat plate being formed with a positioning hole; and

a locking mechanism including a positioning frame for fixing a front side of the electronic component, and a locking member, said positioning frame including a front stop plate for blocking a front end face of the electronic component, a second top stop plate connected to a top end of said front stop plate for blocking the top face of the electronic component, and two pivot plates adapted to be rotatably connected to the housing, said locking member being disposed on one of said pivot plates and being adapted to be releasably engaged to the housing, said positioning frame including a lower plate that abuts against said supporting flat plate, and at least one positioning pin that protrudes from said lower plate and that engages said positioning hole.

18. The locking device as claimed in claim 17, wherein said rear stop frame further includes a rear buffer pad that is disposed on said rear stop plate and that is adapted to abut against the rear end face of the electronic component, and a first buffer pad that is disposed on a bottom end of said first stop plate and that is adapted to abut against the top face of the electronic component, said positioning frame further including a front buffer pad that is disposed on said front stop plate and that is adapted to abut against the front end face of the electronic component, and a second buffer pad that is disposed on a bottom end of said second top stop plate and that is adapted to abut against the top face of the electronic component.

19. The locking device as claimed in claim 17, the housing includes a positioning part that is configured as a projection, wherein said locking member is configured as an engaging hole for engagement with the projection.

20. The locking device as claimed in claim 19, wherein said locking mechanism further includes a spring member having one end for connection with the housing and another end connected to said second top stop plate for biasing downwardly said positioning frame.

21. The locking device as claimed in claim 17, the housing includes a positioning part that is configured as an engaging hole, wherein said locking member includes a casing fixed to a corresponding said pivot plate, a locking bolt that extends through said casing and that is adapted to releasably engage the positioning part, and a biasing spring disposed in said casing for biasing said locking bolt toward the positioning part.

22. The locking device as claimed in claim 21, wherein said locking mechanism further includes a spring member having one end for connection with the housing and another end connected to said second top stop plate for biasing downwardly said positioning frame.

23. The locking device as claimed in claim 21, wherein said casing defines a passage hole, said locking bolt including a bolt rod that extends through said passage hole and that partially projects out of said casing, an annular flange that extends outwardly and radially from an outer peripheral surface of said bolt rod and that is disposed in said passage hole, and a bolt head disposed on an end of said bolt rod and that is located on an outer side of said casing, said biasing spring being sleeved on said bolt rod and abutting between said annular flange and said casing.

24. The locking device as claimed in claim 17, the housing includes a positioning part that is configured as a threaded hole, wherein one of said locking members includes a fixed sleeve fixed to a corresponding said pivot plate, and a locking bolt that extends through and that is rotatable relative to said fixed sleeve, said locking bolt extending through said pivot plate and being adapted to threadedly engage the threaded hole, said locking bolt including a rotary sleeve rotatably sleeved on an outer periphery of said fixed sleeve, and a threaded rod section that extends from an inner surface of said rotary sleeve and that extends through said fixed sleeve for threadedly engaging the threaded hole.