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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2006
Ku-feng Chen, Taipei, TW;
Ku-Feng Chen, Taipei, TW;
Compal Electronics, Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a locking/releasing apparatus, which comprises: a positioning mechanism disposed at a bottom plate of a fastener, a locking element, a positioning spring, a releasing spring, and a protruding pillar disposed at the bottom of a movable member, such that if the movable member is pushed into the fastener, the protruding pillar will be pushed to press against a guiding rim to rotate the locking element and drive the positioning spring to store energy, and if the protruding pillar continues to be pushed and blocked by the locking element, the protruding pillar will enter into a slot channel from a guiding gap. Then, the positioning spring releases energy to rotate the locking element in an opposite direction, and thus the protruding pillar is moved to a guiding concave to be accommodated and fixed. If the movable member is pushed inwardly further, the protruding pillar will be separated from the guiding concave and released from its locked state, and the positioning spring will release energy again to rotate the locking element in an opposite direction, and the movable member can be pulled outward to make said protruding pillar press said sliding rim so as to let said releasing spring store energy, and said releasing spring will release energy to rotate said locking element to its initial position until said protruding pillar leave said sliding rim.