Patent ID: 11864339
Assignee: ZT GROUP INT'L, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A server chassis with a locking mechanism, the server chassis comprising:
a chassis configured to hold a server; and
a lock device installed on the chassis, the lock device comprising:
a slider assembly comprising a first slider, a second slider movably coupled to the first slider, and a base having a planar portion with a top rail and a bottom rail that hold the slider assembly and allows the relative movement of the first slider relative to the second slider along the top and bottom rails in the base, wherein the second slider can move relative to the first slider to different positions comprising a latch lock position, a latch unlock position, and a latch impending lock position; and
a latch assembly attached to the chassis, the latch assembly comprising a latch element configured to move to a first, a second, and a third distances from the top rail of the base corresponding to the latch lock position, the latch unlock position, and the latch impending lock position of the slider assembly, respectively,
wherein the first slider comprises a first planar portion having a first recess, a middle portion having a first slot configured to engage with the latch element, a lip coupled to the middle portion, opposite to the first recess.