- Patent Title: Lock mechanism, and electronic device equipped with lock mechanism
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Application No.: US15629442Application Date: 2017-06-21
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Publication No.: US09971385B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Takeshi Mori , Hirofumi Sasaki
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-265956 20141226
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; E05B65/00

Abstract:
A lock mechanism of the present disclosure includes an engaging member, an operating member, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism translates a linear movement of the operating member between a first position and a second position into a rotation of the engaging member between a first rotational position and a second rotational position so that, when the operating member is moved to the first position, the engaging member is rotated to the first rotational position, and, when the operating member is moved to the second position, the engaging member is rotated to the second rotational position. The engaging member includes a pair of engaging pieces around a rotation shaft center, and an engaging-target portion includes a pair of engaging recesses with which the pair of engaging pieces engages when the engaging member lies at the first rotational position, and from which the pair of engaging pieces disengages when the engaging member lies at the second rotational position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170285692A1 LOCK MECHANISM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH LOCK MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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