US 12,322,232 B2
Knob holding structure and smart lock
Yuji Yada, Tokyo (JP); and Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to FCL Components Limited, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FCL Component Limited, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/487,927.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-191806 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0177552 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/00944 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knob holding structure comprising:
a holder;
a pair of pinching members configured to hold a knob and arranged opposed to each other in the holder; and
an elastic member configured to support the pair of pinching members so that each pinching member can be displaced relative to an inner surface of the holder, and to bias the pinching members in a direction so as to approach each other.