US 11,988,246 B2
Axial-rotation locking-mechanism assembly
Chao-Jung Chen, Taoyuan (TW); Chih-Wei Lin, Taoyuan (TW); and Che-Hung Lin, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,468.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/333,418, filed on Apr. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0340979 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. E05C 1/14 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16H 37/12 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); E05C 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/06 (2013.01) [E05C 1/14 (2013.01); F16H 37/124 (2013.01); H05K 7/1489 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An axial-rotation locking-mechanism assembly comprising:
a handle;
a locking assembly including a locking element defining a cam end portion, the cam end portion has a general C-shaped exterior surface;
a shaft operatively connected to the handle the shaft defining a main body and a plurality of extension extending from the main body configured to engage with the exterior surface of the cam end portion; and
a biasing mechanism configured to bias the locking element,
wherein when the handle is rotated in a first direction, the shaft is rotated in a first direction and moves along the exterior surface of the cam end portion to move the locking element in a first axial direction,
wherein when the handle is rotated in a second direction, the shaft is rotated in a second direction and moves along the exterior surface of the cam end portion allowing the locking element to be biased in a second axial direction, the second direction being the opposite of the first direction, the first axial direction being the opposite of the second direction.