Patent ID: 8319604
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G06K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electric release fastening apparatus comprising: a casing having a thin-profile space therein; a cover connected to said casing, said cover extending over said casing in one position; a fingerprint identifier mounted to at least one of said casing and said cover, said fingerprint identifier having a scanner head exposed on a surface of the cover or the casing; a micro drive motor mounted in said thin-profile space, said micro drive motor having an output screw; a change gear set mounted in said thin-profile space, said change gear set having a start gear and an end gear and a plurality of change gears cooperative between said start gear and said end gear, said start gear being meshed with and driven by said output screw of said micro drive motor, said end gear having a driving portion protruding from one side thereof; an electric controller mounted in said thin-profile space, said electric-controller having a circuit board and a processor and an electric control component, said fingerprint identifier and said micro drive motor electrically connected to said electric controller so as to actuate said micro drive motor as a result of a signal received from said fingerprint identifier; a battery mounted in said thin-profile space and electrically connected to said electric controller so as to provide power to said fingerprint identifier and to said micro drive motor to said electric controller; a movable fastening cassette mounted to a side of one of said casing and said cover, said movable fastening cassette having a movable fastening portion and a release control portion, said movable fastening portion extending toward the other of said casing and said cover, said movable fastening cassette being a plate having a first portion and a second portion, said movable fastening cassette having a shaft positioned at a corner of said plate, said movable fastening portion extending from an end of said first portion of said plate, said second portion of said plate having a semi-circular groove formed therein so as to define said release control portion; a fastening cassette control unit movably mounted between said end gear and said movable fastening cassette, said fastening cassette control unit having a driven end and a positioning portion and a resetter, said driven end being driven by said driving portion of said end gear, said positioning portion being mated with said semi-circular groove so as to switch a positioning and a displacement of said movable fastening cassette, said resetter suitable for automatically resetting the position of said fastening cassette control unit, said driven end of said fastening cassette control unit having a hook shape, said positioning portion of said fastening cassette control unit having a cylindrical shape that is mated with said semi-circular groove, said resetter being a helical spring; and at least one locking locator mounted at a side of one of said casing or said cover and cooperative with said movable fastening portion of said movable fastening cassette so as to lock said movable fastening cassette in said one position.