Patent ID: 7636237

Claim:
An intelligent locking device for controlling the connection/disconnection between a removable HDD and a receiving bay of a computer, comprising: a microprocessor; a locking element electrically connected to the microprocessor for locking the removable HDD to the receiving bay; and a control button electrically connected to the microprocessor; wherein the control button generates trigger signals in response to manual push thereon; when receiving a trigger signal from the control button, the microprocessor detects whether there is data transferring between the removable HDD and the computer, if there is data transferring, the microprocessor terminates data transferring and then sends a driving signal to the locking element; if there is no data transferring, the microprocessor directly sends a driving signal to the locking element; when receiving the driving signal from the microprocessor, the locking element releases the lock between the removable HDD and the receiving bay.