IP Library Granted Patent US 12,435,542
Granted Patent B2
US 12,435,542 · App. 18/525,229 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Electric lock and housing thereof

Inventor: Fu-Chih Huang (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN FU HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
E05B47/0001E05B9/02
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Patent No.
US 12,435,542
App. No.
18/525,229
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A housing of an electric lock includes a first casing having a first and a second side walls arranged at two opposite sides of the first casing, and a second casing mounted between the first and second side walls. The second casing is formed with a first buckle structure adjacent to the first side wall and a first rebound structure abutting against the first casing. The first buckle structure includes a first elastic arm extended along a height direction of the second casing, and a first protrusion protruded toward the first side wall. The first rebound structure is configured to push the second casing away from the first casing along the height direction. The first side wall is formed with a first blocking part configured to abut against the first protrusion to prevent the second casing from moving away from the first casing along the height direction.

Claims (21)

1. An electric lock, comprising:

a driving module;

a motor connected to the driving module;

a control circuit configured to control the motor to drive the driving module to drive a predetermined mechanism of the electric lock to move; and

a housing, comprising:

a first casing having a first side wall and a second side wall arranged at two opposite sides of the first casing; and

a second casing mounted between the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein an accommodating space is formed between the first casing and the second casing and configured to accommodate the driving module, the motor and the control circuit;

wherein the second casing is formed with a first buckle structure adjacent to the first side wall, and a first rebound structure configured to abut against the first casing to be elastically deformed to accumulate a first elastic force;

wherein the first buckle structure comprises a first elastic arm extended along a height direction of the second casing, and a first protrusion protruded from the first elastic arm and extended toward the first side wall;

wherein the first rebound structure is configured to provide the first elastic force along the height direction to push the second casing away from the first casing along the height direction when the first side wall and the second side wall are pulled outward along a lateral direction of the first casing to be away from the second casing;

wherein the first side wall is formed with a first blocking part configured to abut against the first protrusion to prevent the second casing from moving away from the first casing along the height direction;

wherein the second casing is further formed with a second buckle structure adjacent to the second side wall, and a second rebound structure configured to abut against the motor to be elastically deformed to accumulate a second elastic force;

wherein the second buckle structure comprises a second elastic arm extended along the height direction of the second casing, and a second protrusion protruded from the second elastic arm and extended toward the second side wall;

wherein the second rebound structure is configured to provide the second elastic force along the height direction to push the second casing away from the first casing along the height direction when the first side wall and the second side wall are pulled outward along the lateral direction of the first casing to be away from the second casing;

wherein the second side wall is formed with a second blocking part configured to abut against the second protrusion to prevent the second casing from moving away from the first casing along the height direction.

2. The electric lock of claim 1 , wherein the first blocking part is protruded from the first side wall, and an upper end of the first blocking part is formed with a first upper inclined surface.

3. The electric lock of claim 2 , wherein a lower end of the first protrusion is formed with a first lower inclined surface corresponding to the first upper inclined surface.

4. The electric lock of claim 1 , wherein the second blocking part is protruded from the second side wall, and an upper end of the second blocking part is formed with a second upper inclined surface.

5. The electric lock of claim 4 , wherein a lower end of the second protrusion is formed with a second lower inclined surface corresponding to the second upper inclined surface.

6. The electric lock of claim 1 , wherein the first rebound structure is adjacent to the first buckle structure, and the second rebound structure is adjacent to the second buckle structure.

7. The electric lock of claim 6 , wherein the second casing is formed with two second rebound structures along a longitudinal direction of the motor to respectively abut against two opposite ends of the motor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2023
From: HUANG, FU-CHIH
To: TAIWAN FU HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065725/0198 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 112200031 · Jan 3, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240218700A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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