Patents Assigned to Master Lock Company LLC
  • Patent number: 11947649
    Abstract: An electronic locking device includes an electronically controllable locking mechanism, a memory, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a user device to receive an encrypted package containing a biometric template corresponding to an authorized user, and a processor. The processor is configured to decrypt the encrypted package and store the biometric template in the memory, receive a biometric input corresponding to a user attempting to access the electronic locking device, determine if the biometric input matches the biometric template of the authorized user, and activate the electronically controllable locking mechanism in response to a determination that the biometric input matches the biometric template of the authorized user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Scott Kalous
  • Publication number: 20230290201
    Abstract: A keysafe includes a housing, a door, a locking mechanism, a wireless communications interface, and an inhibitor system. The housing defines an internal compartment structured to receive a key fob for a vehicle. The door is positioned to enclose the internal compartment. The locking mechanism is positioned to selectively lock the door to prevent access to the internal compartment. The wireless communications interface is configured to facilitate wireless communication with an external device. The inhibitor system includes a coil disposed around the internal compartment, a battery disposed within the housing and coupled to the coil, and a controller. The controller is configured to energize the coil with the battery to inhibit communication between the key fob and the vehicle, receive a deactivation signal from the external device via the wireless communications interface, and de-energize the coil in response to receiving the deactivation signal to permit the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael B. Jonely, Scott Kalous
  • Publication number: 20230037215
    Abstract: A system includes a server having a communication device and a processing circuit. The communication device is configured to facilitate communication with electronic devices. The processing circuit is configured to receive permission from a first user device for a guest user to access an electronic lock using a second user device, provide a notification to the second user device regarding a guest user profile, receive an activation command from the second user device based on the notification, generate the guest user profile for the guest user in response to receiving the permission and the activation command, and transmit the guest user profile to the second user device. The guest user profile is usable to allow the guest user to unlock the electronic lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Conrad, Yi Zhang, Nemanja Stefanovic, John Bartucci, Scott Kalous
  • Patent number: 11568691
    Abstract: A keysafe includes a housing, a door, a locking mechanism, a wireless communications interface, and an inhibitor system. The housing defines an internal compartment structured to receive a key fob for a vehicle. The door is positioned to enclose the internal compartment. The locking mechanism is positioned to selectively lock the door to prevent access to the internal compartment. The wireless communications interface is configured to facilitate wireless communication with an external device. The inhibitor system includes a coil disposed around the internal compartment, a battery disposed within the housing and coupled to the coil, and a controller. The controller is configured to energize the coil with the battery to inhibit communication between the key fob and the vehicle, receive a deactivation signal from the external device via the wireless communications interface, and de-energize the coil in response to receiving the deactivation signal to permit the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael B. Jonely, Scott Kalous
  • Patent number: 11468721
    Abstract: A method includes establishing communication between a first mobile device and a locking device via a first wireless transceiver of the first mobile device and a second wireless transceiver of the locking device; determining a location of at least one of the first mobile device or the locking device responsive to the communication; receiving, by a server, permission for the guest user to access the locking device using a second mobile device where the permission is provided from an external device prior to the second mobile device interacting with the locking device; generating, by the server, a guest user profile in response to receiving the permission where the guest user profile includes data usable to allow the guest user to lock or unlock the locking device; and transmitting, by the server, the guest user profile to the second mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MASTER LOCK COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Conrad, Yi Zhang, Nemanja Stefanovic, John Bartucci, Scott Kalous
  • Patent number: 11454050
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a lock including a shackle movable between an unlocked state and a locked state, an electronically actuated blocker selectively engaged with the shackle to inhibit movement of the shackle from the locked state to the unlocked state, the blocker movable between a key override disabled position, a key override enabled position, and an electronic unlock position, and a key cylinder structured to move the shackle to the unlocked state when the blocker is in the key override enabled position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MASTER LOCK COMPANY LLC
    Inventor: Zachary T. Nave
  • Publication number: 20220261469
    Abstract: An electronic locking device includes an electronically controllable locking mechanism, a memory, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a user device to receive an encrypted package containing a biometric template corresponding to an authorized user, and a processor. The processor is configured to decrypt the encrypted package and store the biometric template in the memory, receive a biometric input corresponding to a user attempting to access the electronic locking device, determine if the biometric input matches the biometric template of the authorized user, and activate the electronically controllable locking mechanism in response to a determination that the biometric input matches the biometric template of the authorized user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Scott Kalous
  • Publication number: 20220210604
    Abstract: A lock system includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to store an access credential for a locking device. The access credential is associated with a user. The access credential has a lifespan. The processing circuit is further configured to deliver the access credential to a user device associated with the user to facilitate accessing the locking device with the user device, monitor a frequency at which the user device accesses the locking device using the access credential, and adjust the lifespan of the access credential based on the frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: John Bartucci, Kevin Anderson, Brad Banach, Greg Miller
  • Patent number: 11304027
    Abstract: A lock system includes a plurality of electronic locking devices and a server. The server is configured to receive lock location data regarding a location of each of the plurality of electronic locking devices, receive user device location data regarding a current location of each of a plurality of user devices, deliver access credentials to each of the plurality of user devices according to a geofence delivery protocol based on the lock location data and the user device location data, monitor a current aggregate loading in response to using the geofence delivery protocol, and deliver access credentials to one or more of the plurality of user devices according to a non-geofence delivery protocol in response to the current aggregate loading exceeding a load threshold to reduce the current aggregate loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: John Bartucci, Kevin Anderson, Brad Banach, Greg Miller
  • Patent number: 11275820
    Abstract: An electronic locking device includes an electronically controllable locking mechanism, a memory, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a user device to receive an encrypted package containing a biometric template corresponding to an authorized user, and a processor. The processor is configured to decrypt the encrypted package and store the biometric template in the memory, receive a biometric input corresponding to a user attempting to access the electronic locking device, determine if the biometric input matches the biometric template of the authorized user, and activate the electronically controllable locking mechanism in response to a determination that the biometric input matches the biometric template of the authorized user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Scott Kalous
  • Publication number: 20210241552
    Abstract: A keysafe includes a housing, a door, a locking mechanism, a wireless communications interface, and an inhibitor system. The housing defines an internal compartment structured to receive a key fob for a vehicle. The door is positioned to enclose the internal compartment. The locking mechanism is positioned to selectively lock the door to prevent access to the internal compartment. The wireless communications interface is configured to facilitate wireless communication with an external device. The inhibitor system includes a coil disposed around the internal compartment, a battery disposed within the housing and coupled to the coil, and a controller. The controller is configured to energize the coil with the battery to inhibit communication between the key fob and the vehicle, receive a deactivation signal from the external device via the wireless communications interface, and de-energize the coil in response to receiving the deactivation signal to permit the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael B. Jonely, Scott Kalous
  • Patent number: 11037740
    Abstract: A lockout device for a switch assembly includes a body defining a bottom surface and a recess extending inward from the bottom surface to receive a toggle switch, first and second clamping portions disposed on first and second longitudinal sides of the recess, and an adjustable cleat member secured with the body and movable between a retracted position in which the cleat member is retained inward of the bottom surface of the body and an extended position in which the cleat member extends beyond the bottom surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Neau, Andrew Bartel
  • Publication number: 20200402334
    Abstract: A method includes establishing communication between a first mobile device and a locking device via a first wireless transceiver of the first mobile device and a second wireless transceiver of the locking device; determining a location of at least one of the first mobile device or the locking device responsive to the communication; receiving, by a server, permission for the guest user to access the locking device using a second mobile device where the permission is provided from an external device prior to the second mobile device interacting with the locking device; generating, by the server, a guest user profile in response to receiving the permission where the guest user profile comprises data usable to allow the guest user to lock or unlock the locking device; and transmitting, by the server, the guest user profile to the second mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Conrad, Yi Zhang, Nemanja Stefanovic, John Bartucci, Scott Kalous
  • Publication number: 20200332561
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a lock including a shackle movable between an unlocked state and a locked state, an electronically actuated blocker selectively engaged with the shackle to inhibit movement of the shackle from the locked state to the unlocked state, the blocker movable between a key override disabled position, a key override enabled position, and an electronic unlock position, and a key cylinder structured to move the shackle to the unlocked state when the blocker is in the key override enabled position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Zachary T. Nave
  • Patent number: D914618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Neau, Andrew Bartel
  • Patent number: D934657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Evan P. Thompson, Eric Sanford, Joseph Daniel Massam, Thomas William Murray, Scott Stevens
  • Patent number: D962037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: MASTER LOCK COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Cornelius O'Rourke, Zachary Nave, Lea Plato
  • Patent number: D979522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MASTER LOCK COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Michael Neau, Andrew Bartel
  • Patent number: D979523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MASTER LOCK COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Michael Neau, Andrew Bartel
  • Patent number: D1009596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MASTER LOCK COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Lea Plato, Cornelius Robert O'Rourke