Patents by Inventor Bobby J. Leek

Bobby J. Leek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Alarm capability for pin tumbler locks
    Patent number: 4656851
    Abstract: Fiber optic sensors are used at one or more of the top pin and spring asslies in a pin tumbler lock to sense either authorized or unauthorized attempt to open the lock. A fiber optic switching element, in a simple capsule form, can be installed in new or existing locks. Fiber optic circuitry signals surreptitious attempts to open the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Bobby J. Leek, Henry L. Self
  • Shipboard internal locking system
    Patent number: 4620733
    Abstract: A locking bolt system for locking shipboard water tight doors, hatches and cuttles comprising plural bolts with racks thereon driven by pinions rotated by a drive shaft. Rotation of the drive shaft is controlled by a contoured locking disk which is locked and unlocked by two lugs each operated by an independent lock cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph J. Gaunt, Bobby J. Leek