JP3166771U - Security cable for notebook computers - Google Patents

Abstract

A security cable for a notebook computer that can be easily locked is provided. A security cable for a notebook personal computer has a locking structure. The locking structure includes a male housing 11, a female housing 12, two lining members 13, an I-shaped engagement member 14, an interlocking member 15, an elastic member 16, and a cylinder 17. The male housing 11 has a cross-shaped opening 111 provided on the circumferential surface of the side portion, and a fitting groove 112 having an opening 111 extending in the vertical direction is provided on the inner surface, and the other side. A connecting portion 113 having a small cross section is extended to the portion, and a through hole is provided in the (lower) connecting portion 113. The female housing 12 is provided with a circular opening on the circumferential surface of the side portion, a through-hole for positioning the positioning member 121 through the upper portion of the peripheral portion is provided, and the two lining members 13 are projected. A plurality of restricting ports 122 into which the anti-slip block 131 is inserted are provided on both sides of the peripheral portion. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a locking structure applied to a notebook computer, and more particularly to a security cable for a notebook computer.

  Please refer to FIG. 14 and FIG. As shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. 15, a conventional laptop personal computer security cable (also referred to as a Kensington lock) has a locking structure (lock) 50 and a wire rope coupling portion 60. The locking structure 50 includes two housings 51 corresponding to each other, a hooking member 52, a dial 53, and a control rod 54. The housings 51 corresponding to each other have a hooking member 52 disposed at one end and a plurality of dials 53 disposed at the other end. The dial 53 has a dial ring 531, a ratchet 532, a spring 533, a spring piece 534, and a number change button 535. The dial 53 is sequentially fitted in a predetermined position of the control rod 54, and a wire rope is connected to a predetermined position of the housing 51. The part 60 is extended. A ring portion 61 is provided at the other end of the wire rope coupling portion 60. A wire rope coupling portion 60 extending to the locking structure 50 is wound around a saddle-like fixed object such as a chair, and the locking structure 50 is penetrated through the wire rope coupling portion 60 of the ring portion 61, thereby The latch member 52 is inserted into the engagement hole. Then, the dial 53 is adjusted to a number that can be unlocked, the control rod 54 is pressed, fitted to the locking member 52 at the deepest position, and the locking structure 50 including the locking member 52 is rotated by 90 °, Since the latching member 52 is perpendicular to the engagement hole of the notebook computer, it cannot be removed, and the dial 53 is locked by randomizing the number to prevent the notebook computer from being stolen.

However, conventional security cables for notebook computers have the following disadvantages (1) to (3).
(1) Since the dial 53 is turned to lock / unlock the locking structure 50, the operation becomes complicated, and it takes a long time to attach the locking structure 50 to the notebook computer.
(2) Since there are many parts of the dial 53 of the locking structure 50, high accuracy is required for assembly in the manufacturing process of the locking structure 50, and assembling is not easy, and manufacturing cost is high.
(3) Since there are many parts of the locking structure 50 and it is difficult to reduce the weight, it is not suitable for a laptop computer that is lightweight and requires ease of use.

  Accordingly, the first problem of the present invention is that the cylinder of the locking structure (hereinafter referred to as “lock”) is made a pressing type cylindrical lock, so that the cylinder can be pressed without rotating the key. It is an object of the present invention to provide a notebook PC security cable that can be easily locked.

  The second problem of the present invention is that the lock cylinder is a press-type cylindrical lock, and the lock structure is simple, so it is lightweight, easy to assemble, and can reduce the manufacturing cost. To provide a cable.

  The third problem of the present invention is that, when unlocking, first, the key positioning key portion is inserted into the positioning groove of the cylinder key hole, and the key hole of the cylinder is It is an object of the present invention to provide a laptop personal computer security cable that can be quickly unlocked by a spring when a bump is pushed and rotated until it is moved to an appropriate position, and then a sliding hook is quickly restored by a spring.

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a security cable for a laptop computer equipped with a lock,
The lock has a male housing, a female housing, two lining members, an I-shaped engaging member, an interlocking member, an elastic member, and a cylinder.
The male housing has a cross-shaped opening provided on the circumferential surface of the side portion, a fitting groove having an opening extending in the vertical direction is provided on the inner surface, and the other side portion, A connecting portion with a small cross section is extended, and a through hole is provided in the lower connecting portion,
The female housing is provided with a circular opening on the circumferential surface of the side, and a through-hole for positioning by positioning a positioning member at the top of the peripheral edge,
A plurality of restriction openings for fitting the non-slip blocks protruding from the two lining members are provided on both sides of the peripheral portion,
The I-shaped engaging member has a T-shaped engaging member provided at one end, and a T-shaped fitting end provided at the other end.
The disk of the interlocking member has two engaging plugs provided at one end so as to be appropriately spaced from each other, and a contact groove provided at the other end, The elastic member is a tension spring having an appropriate length,
The cylinder is a push-type cylindrical lock, and has a position restricting groove recessed in an adjacent bottom surface and a key hole provided in a top surface, and the key hole is an annular groove, and has an inner edge. A plurality of bumps and positioning grooves provided on the sliding rod. One end of the sliding rod is pivotally attached to the key hole, and the other end has a protrusion, and a spring is provided in the middle step. A security cable for a notebook personal computer is provided, which is provided with a concave groove for storing the battery.

  It is preferable that the female side housing is provided with the plurality of restricting ports on the side portion for fitting the anti-slip blocks protruding from the two lining members at locations adjacent to the peripheral edge portion.

  The I-shaped engagement member is preferably a highly rigid housing.

  The male housing preferably has a washer having an appropriate thickness attached to the outer surface of the opening.

1 is a perspective view showing a security cable for a notebook computer according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a security cable for a notebook computer according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a cylinder of a security cable for a notebook computer according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view showing a notebook personal computer security cable according to an embodiment of the present invention; It is a fragmentary sectional perspective view which shows the locking state of the security cable for notebook type personal computers by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows a state when the interlocking member of the security cable for notebook computers according to one Embodiment of this invention is pressed on the side part of a notebook computer. It is sectional drawing which shows a state when the interlocking member of the security cable for notebook computers according to one Embodiment of this invention is pressed on the side part of a notebook computer. It is a schematic diagram which shows a state when the security cable for notebook computers by one Embodiment of this invention is attached to the notebook computer. It is sectional drawing which shows the locking state of the security cable for notebook type personal computers by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows a state when the security cable for notebook type personal computers by one Embodiment of this invention is unlocked with a key. It is sectional drawing which shows a state when the security cable for notebook computers by one Embodiment of this invention is unlocked with a key. It is a perspective view which shows the state when the security cable for notebook computers by one Embodiment of this invention is actually used for a notebook computer. It is a perspective view which shows the security cable for notebook computers by another embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the conventional security cable for notebook computers. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the conventional security cable for notebook type personal computers.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited by these.

  Please refer to FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the security cable for a notebook computer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lock 10 and a wire rope coupling portion 20, and uses a key 30 when unlocking. The lock 10 includes a male housing 11, a female housing 12, two lining members 13, an I-shaped engagement member 14, an interlocking member 15, an elastic member 16, and a cylinder 17. The male housing 11 has a cross-shaped opening 111 provided on the circumferential surface of the side, and a fitting groove 112 having an opening 111 extending in the vertical direction is provided on the inner surface, and the other side. A connecting portion 113 having a small cross section is extended to the portion. The (lower) coupling portion 113 is provided with a through hole. A circular opening is provided on the circumferential surface of the side portion of the female housing 12, and a through hole used for positioning the positioning member 121 is provided above the peripheral portion. On both sides of the peripheral edge, there are provided a plurality of restriction ports 122 used for fitting the anti-slip blocks 131 projecting from the two lining members 13. The I-shaped engagement member 14 is a high-rigid housing having a T-shaped engagement member 141 provided at one end and a T-shaped fitting end 142 provided at the other end. is there. The disk 151 of the interlocking member 15 has two engaging plugs 152 provided at one end portion and appropriately spaced apart from each other, and a contact groove 153 provided at the other end portion. The elastic member 16 has a tension spring having an appropriate length. The cylinder 17 is a conventional press-type cylindrical lock, and a position restricting groove 171 is provided in the adjacent bottom surface, and a key hole 172 is provided in the top surface. The key hole 172 is an annular groove having a plurality of bumps 1721 and positioning grooves 1722 provided on the inner edge. The sliding rod 173 has one end pivotally attached to the key hole 172, and has a projection 1731 projecting from the other end, and a concave groove used for housing the spring 1732 is provided in the middle step. ing. The wire rope coupling portion 20 includes a fitting ring 21 and a ring-shaped wire rope 22. A ring portion 221 is provided at one end of the ring-shaped wire rope 22. The key 30 has a handle provided at one end, a positioning key 31 protruding from the periphery of the other end, and a plurality of recessed concave arc portions 32 in the axial direction. It is a hollow column. With the above-described structure, the lock can be locked simply by pressing the sliding rod 173 of the cylinder 17 of the lock 10, so that the lock can be easily locked without rotating with the key 30. When unlocking, the positioning key part 31 of the key 30 is inserted into the positioning groove 1722 of the key hole 172 of the cylinder 17, and the bump 1721 of the key hole 172 of the cylinder 17 is pushed by the concave arc part 32 of the key 30. When rotated, the sliding rod 173 is quickly restored by the spring 1732 and the cylinder 17 can be unlocked quickly.

  Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, when combining the structure of the security cable for a notebook computer, first, the T-shaped engagement member 141 of the I-shaped engagement member 14 is inserted into the opening 111 of the male housing 11. The T-shaped fitting end 142 of the I-shaped engagement member 14 is fitted into the fitting groove 112 of the male housing 11, and the wire rope coupling portion is coupled to the upper coupling portion 113 of the male housing 11. The fitting ring 21 having 20 is fitted. That is, the fitting ring 21 of the wire rope coupling portion 20 can be rotated at the upper coupling portion 113 of the male housing 11. On the other hand, the sliding rod 173 of the cylinder 17 is provided through the elastic member 16, and the protrusion 1731 of the sliding rod 173 of the cylinder 17 is locked in the contact groove 153 of the interlocking member 15. As a result, the elastic member 16 is disposed between the disk 151 of the interlocking member 15 and the bottom surface of the cylinder 17, and the engaging plug of the interlocking member 15 is installed when the above-described components are installed in the male housing 11. 152 is inserted through the opening 111 of the male housing 11 and crosses the I-shaped engagement member 14 in a cross shape so that the position restricting groove 171 of the cylinder 17 and the through hole of the male housing 11 are aligned. Then, after the anti-slip block 131 of the two lining members 13 is fitted to the restriction opening 122 of the female housing 12, the female housing 12 is fitted to the lower joint 113 of the male housing 11, and the male After the side housing 11 and the through hole of the female side housing 12 are aligned, the positioning member 121 is penetrated and aligned. When the positioning member 121 is engaged with the position restricting groove 171 of the cylinder 17 and the cylinder 17 is positioned, the combination step is completed. Since the cylinder 17 is a push-type cylindrical lock, the lock 10 has a simple structure, is lightweight and easy to assemble, and can reduce manufacturing costs.

  Please refer to FIG. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, when locking the lock 10, when the sliding rod 173 of the cylinder 17 is pressed to the stroke end point and the spring 1732 in the groove is pressed, the contact groove of the interlocking member 15 is pressed. 153, the protrusion 1731 of the sliding rod 173 of the cylinder 17 slides to compress the elastic member 16, and as the disk 151 of the interlocking member 15 is pushed, the engagement plug of the interlocking member 15 extends to the outside of the opening 111. 152 moves and is adjacent to the T-shaped engagement member 141 of the I-shaped engagement member 14. As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 10, and 11, when unlocking, first, the positioning key portion 31 of the key 30 is inserted into the positioning groove 1722 of the key hole 172 of the cylinder 17, and the key is The axial concave arc portion 32 of 30 pushes and rotates the bump 1721 of the key hole 172 in the cylinder 17 to unlock the cylinder 17, and the sliding rod 173 pushed by the spring 1732 is quickly restored. When the sliding rod 173 of the cylinder 17 is restored, the contact groove 153 of the interlocking member 15 is pulled by the protrusion 1731, and the engaging plug 152 of the interlocking member 15 is restored to the opening 111 of the male housing 11, so that it can be quickly disassembled. Can be locked.

  Please refer to FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 and FIG. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 and 12, when actually using a security cable for a notebook computer, first, the ring-shaped wire rope 22 of the wire rope coupling portion 20 is wound around a fixed object, and then the wire rope. By connecting the ring portion 221 of the coupling portion 20 to the lock 10, the end portion of the lock 10 is fixed to the fixed object. Subsequently, when the sliding rod 173 of the cylinder 17 of the lock 10 is pressed and locked to the end of the stroke and the spring 1732 in the concave groove is compressed, the sliding in the cylinder 17 is in the contact groove 153 of the interlocking member 15. When the protrusion 1731 of the moving rod 173 slides and the disk 151 of the interlocking member 15 is pushed by the elastic member 16, the engaging plug 152 of the interlocking member 15 moves to the outside of the opening 111, and the I-shaped engaging member Adjacent to the 14 T-shaped engaging members 141. When the T-shaped engagement member 141 of the I-shaped engagement member 14 in the lock 10 is penetrated into the concave groove provided in the side portion of the notebook computer, the engagement plug of the interlocking member 15 of the lock 10 152 is pressed against the side of the notebook computer, ejected from the vertical opening 111 of the male housing 11, the elastic member 16 is pressed by the disk 151 of the interlocking member 15, and a portion adjacent to the protrusion 1731 of the cylinder 17. After the movement, when the lock 10 is rotated by 90 °, the vertical opening 111 of the male housing 11 becomes parallel to the recess provided in the side portion of the notebook personal computer, and the engaging plug 152 of the interlocking member 15. Is pushed by the elastic member 16 and penetrates into a concave portion provided in the side portion of the notebook personal computer to return to the edge of the concave groove provided in the side portion, Setting The recesses, T-shaped engagement member 141 of the I-shaped engaging member 14 is locked. In short, the engagement plugs 152 of the interlocking member 15 arranged on both sides of the T-shaped engagement member 141 of the I-shaped engagement member 14 abut on the edge of the concave groove provided on the side of the notebook computer. Therefore, there is no possibility that the lock 10 directly rotates. Since the lock 10 is attached to the notebook computer and the other end of the lock 10 is fixed to a fixed object by the ring-shaped wire rope 22 of the wire rope coupling portion 20, the notebook computer is prevented from being stolen. Can do. As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 10, and 11, when unlocking the security cable for a notebook computer, first, the positioning key portion 31 of the key 30 is inserted into the positioning groove 1722 of the key hole 172 of the cylinder 17. When the bump 1721 of the key hole 172 of the cylinder 17 is pushed and rotated by the concave arc portion 32 in the axial direction of the key 30, the cylinder 17 is unlocked and the sliding rod 173 is pushed by the spring 1732. Recover quickly. When the sliding rod 173 of the cylinder 17 is restored, the contact groove 153 of the interlocking member 15 is pulled by the projection 1731, and the engaging plug 152 of the interlocking member 15 is restored to the opening 111 and unlocked. As described above, when the lock 10 is rotated, the I-shaped engagement member 14 of the lock 10 rotates together and becomes parallel to the concave groove of the notebook computer, so that it can be taken out.

  Please refer to FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, the security cable for a notebook computer according to another embodiment of the present invention has a washer 114 having an appropriate thickness attached to the outer surface of the opening 111 of the male housing 11 of the lock 10. Yes. The washer 114 is made of a sponge so that when the lock 10 is locked, it does not wear due to contact with the notebook personal computer, and does not sway or loosen due to a gap.

As can be seen from the above, the notebook personal computer security cable of the present invention has the following advantages (1) to (5).
(1) Since a plurality of restricting ports 122 used for fitting the anti-slip block 131 with the two lining members 13 projecting are provided on both sides of the peripheral portion of the female housing 12, the lock 10 is When rotating, the finger 10 does not slip and the lock 10 can be held securely.
(2) Since the cylinder 17 of the lock 10 is a press-type cylindrical lock, it can be easily locked without rotating the key 30.
(3) Since the cylinder 17 of the lock 10 is a press-type cylindrical lock and the structure of the lock 10 is simple, it is lightweight and easy to assemble, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
(4) When unlocking, first, the positioning key portion 31 of the key 30 is inserted in the positioning groove 1722 of the key hole 172 in the cylinder 17, and the cylinder 17 is inserted by the concave arc portion 32 in the axial direction of the key 30. When the bump 1721 of the inner keyhole 172 is pushed and rotated until it moves to an appropriate position, the cylinder 17 is unlocked, and the sliding rod 173 is quickly restored by the spring 1732 and can be unlocked quickly.
(5) After locking the lock 10 and locking the T-shaped engagement member 141 of the I-shaped engagement member 14 in the groove provided on the side of the notebook computer, the side of the notebook computer The engaging plugs 152 of the interlocking member 15 disposed on both sides of the I-shaped engaging member 14 are brought into contact with the edge portion of the concave groove provided in the groove 10 so that the lock 10 does not rotate directly. The lock 10 has one end attached to the notebook computer and the other end is fixed to a fixed object by the ring-shaped wire rope 22 of the wire rope coupling portion 20, so that the notebook computer is stolen. Can be prevented.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed as described above so that those skilled in the art can understand them, but these do not limit the present invention in any way. Various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of claims for utility model registration of the present invention should be broadly interpreted including such changes and modifications.

10 Lock 11 Male housing 12 Female housing 13 Lining member 14 I-shaped engagement member 15 Interlocking member 16 Elastic member 17 Cylinder 20 Wire rope coupling portion 21 Fitting ring 22 Ring-shaped wire rope 30 Key 31 Positioning key portion 32 Recess Arc portion 50 Lock 51 Housing 52 Latch member 53 Dial 54 Control rod 60 Wire rope coupling portion 61 Ring portion 111 Opening 112 Fitting groove 113 Coupling portion 114 Washer 121 Positioning member 122 Restriction port 131 Non-slip block 141 T-shaped engagement Member 142 T-shaped fitting end 151 Disk 152 Engagement plug 153 Contact groove 171 Position restriction groove 172 Key hole 173 Slide hook 221 Ring part 531 Dial ring 532 Ratchet 533 Spring 534 Spring piece 535 Number change button 1721 Bump 1722 Positioning groove 731 projections 1732 spring

Claims (4)

A security cable for a laptop computer with a locking structure,
The locking structure includes a male housing, a female housing, two lining members, an I-shaped engaging member, an interlocking member, an elastic member, and a cylinder.
The male housing has a cross-shaped opening provided on the circumferential surface of the side portion, a fitting groove having an opening extending in the vertical direction is provided on the inner surface, and the other side portion, A connecting portion with a small cross section is extended, and a through hole is provided in the lower connecting portion,
The female housing is provided with a circular opening on the circumferential surface of the side portion, a through hole for positioning the positioning member through the upper portion of the peripheral edge portion, and is protruded from the two lining members. A plurality of restriction openings for inserting the non-slip block are provided on both sides of the peripheral edge,
The I-shaped engaging member has a T-shaped engaging member provided at one end, and a T-shaped fitting end provided at the other end.
The disk of the interlocking member has two engaging plugs provided at one end so as to be appropriately spaced from each other, and a contact groove provided at the other end,
The elastic member is a tension spring having an appropriate length,
The cylinder is a push-type cylindrical lock, and has a position restricting groove recessed in an adjacent bottom surface and a key hole provided in a top surface, and the key hole is an annular groove, and has an inner edge. A plurality of bumps and positioning grooves provided on the sliding rod. One end of the sliding rod is pivotally attached to the key hole, and the other end has a protrusion, and a spring is provided in the middle step. A security cable for laptop computers, which is provided with a recessed groove for storing the battery.   The female side housing is provided with a plurality of restriction ports on the side portion for fitting the anti-slip blocks projecting from the two lining members at locations adjacent to a peripheral edge portion. The security cable for notebook computers according to claim 1.   The security cable for a notebook computer according to claim 1, wherein the I-shaped engaging member is a highly rigid casing. 2. The security cable for a notebook computer according to claim 1, wherein the male housing has a washer having an appropriate thickness attached to an outer surface of the opening.