US 11,864,339 B2
Front access lock mechanism for server chassis
Chen An, Bergenfield, NJ (US); and Zichun Song, Bergenfield, NJ (US)
Assigned to ZT GROUP INT'L, INC., Secaucus, NJ (US)
Filed by ZT Group Int'l, Inc., Secaucus, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/401,834.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054217 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1489 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0221 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lock device comprising:
a slider assembly comprising a first slider, a second slider movably coupled to the first slider, and a first base having a planar portion with a top rail and a bottom rail and a second base that hold the slider assembly and allows the relative movement of the first slider relative to the second slider along the top and bottom rails in the first base, wherein the second slider can move relative to the first slider to different positions comprising a latch lock position, a latch unlock position, and a latch impending lock position; and
a latch assembly attached to a chassis, the latch assembly comprising a latch element configured to move to a first, a second, and a third distances from the top rail of the first base corresponding to the latch lock position, the latch unlock position, and the latch impending lock position of the slider assembly, respectively,
wherein the first slider comprises a first planar portion having a first recess, a middle portion having a first slot configured to engage with the latch element, a lip coupled to the middle portion, opposite to the first recess.