Patent ID: 9519317
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: F16B,G06F,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A locking device, comprising: two opposite retaining elements coupled to a rigid housing of a host; a pivot element secured between the two opposite retaining elements; and a locking element including two opposite sliding slots, each sliding slot having first and second slide portions in communication with each other, wherein each sliding slot is angled relative to a second direction between the first and second slide portions, wherein the pivot element extends through the sliding slots; wherein upon disposing the pivot element in the first slide portions of the locking element, the locking element is pivotable about the pivot element from an open position to an intermediate position, and wherein upon sliding the locking element along the second direction to move the pivot element from the first slide portions to the second slide portions of the locking element, the locking element is movable from the intermediate position to a lock position to lock an interface card that has been inserted in a first direction into a card slot of the host, wherein the card slot extends along the second direction.