US 12,276,137 B2
Stepless adjustable electronic device locking apparatus
Chia-Hung Wang, New Taipei (TW); Chia-Ming Wu, New Taipei (TW); and Kuo-Kuang Pan, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Sinox Co., Ltd, New Taipei (TW)
Filed by SINOX CO., LTD, New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,647.
Claims priority of application No. 111102067 (TW), filed on Jan. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228129 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E05B 73/00 (2006.01); E05B 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 73/0082 (2013.01) [E05B 37/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stepless adjustable electronic device locking apparatus configured to secure an electronic device that has an anti-theft hole, and the electronic device locking apparatus comprising:
a fixing member configured to be inserted in the anti-theft hole of the electronic device;
a stage adjusting mechanism being operable to adjust working stages of the fixing member;
a driving mechanism connected with the fixing member and the stage adjusting mechanism, and selectively opening the fixing member to engage in the anti-theft hole based on a current one of the working stages to which the stage adjusting mechanism adjusts;
an unlocking member connected to the driving mechanism and being movable to an unlocking position to close the fixing member, so as to make the fixing member disengage from the anti-theft hole; and
a lock, wherein when the lock is locked, the stage adjusting mechanism is fixed at the current one of the working stages by the lock, and the unlocking member is incapable of being moved to the unlocking position,
wherein the driving mechanism includes a central shaft tending to move toward the fixing member;
movement of the central shaft toward the fixing member makes the fixing member opened to engage in the anti-theft hole based on the current one of the working stages to which the stage adjusting mechanism adjusts;
the unlocking member is connected with the central shaft;
when the unlocking member is moved to the unlocking position, the unlocking member drives the central shaft to move away from the fixing member; and
the unlocking member has a threaded hole, the central shaft is mounted through and screwed in the threaded hole, and the stage adjusting mechanism drives the central shaft to rotate relative to the unlocking member.