US 12,346,161 B2
Locking device
Hung-Yun Wu, Taipei (TW); Pi-Nan Lee, Taipei (TW); and Kai-Chen Tien, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed by Hung-Yun Wu, Taipei (TW); Pi-Nan Lee, Taipei (TW); and Kai-Chen Tien, Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,301.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/257,129, filed on Oct. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121853 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking device, comprising:
a base;
a hook, pivoted to the base to move between an engaging position and a releasing position;
a sliding member, slidably disposed at the base to slide relative to the base, so that the sliding member is disengaged from the hook or drives the hook to be transported to the releasing position and is configured to be locked to the base to maintain the hook at the releasing position;
a knob, pivoted to the base to rotate relative to the base and block the sliding member from sliding or allow the sliding member to slide relative to the base; and
an actuating member, slidably disposed at the base and configured to receive a force to slide relative to the base and drive the sliding member to be disengaged from the base, so that the sliding member moves and is disengaged from the hook to allow the hook to be configured for being transported to the engaging position.