Abstract: A locking module for selectively coupling a first component and a second component of a lockable device includes a locking element including a plurality of locking fingers movable between an open position and a closed position. The plurality of locking fingers being biased to said open position. A biasing mechanism is coupled to said locking element and a compression force applied by said biasing mechanism to said plurality of locking fingers controls movement of said plurality of locking fingers between said open position and said closed position. An actuator associated with said biasing mechanism is operable to control said compression force to selectively lock said locking element.

Abstract: Disclosed is an overhead door lock with a mounting plate which mounts to a door header and has a locking aperture therein; a barricade with a bracket which fastens to a top of an overhead door and a faceplate affixed thereto, the faceplate having an aperture and a flange extending generally perpendicularly to the faceplate, the flange having an aperture; and a coupling sized to pass through the faceplate aperture and having a first end which affixes into the mounting plate locking aperture and a second end with an aperture positioned such that when the first end of the coupling is inserted through the faceplate aperture and affixed into the mounting plate locking aperture, the coupling aperture and the faceplate flange aperture are coaligned for inserting a locking device which prevents the overhead sliding door from being opened, either from the outside or inside.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a way for a person to lock and secure the hitch of an unhitched utility trailer. Another object of this invention is to allow a person to keep an unhitched utility trailer from being stolen when the utility trailer is not hooked to a truck hitch.

Abstract: A locking device for securing the doors of a tractor trailer or other cargo container during storage or transport where the locking device is mounted over the latching mechanism of the closing bar movably mounted on the doors of the trailer or container. The locking device includes an enclosure having an outward facing or front panel, side panels, a top panel with two holes formed therein, a partial back panel, and a back side partially open for mounting over the closing bar latching mechanism. The locking device also includes a tubular lock body securely attached to the interior of the partial back panel of the enclosure, and a U-shaped latch rod for inserting through the holes in the top panel of the enclosure into the lock body within the enclosure following the positioning of the enclosure over the latching mechanism of the closing bar.

Abstract: A drive clutch for a CVT comprising a stationary sheave, a movable sheave, a motor and a centrifugal weight system. The movable sheave is movable closer to or further from the stationary sheave relative to a longitudinal axis. The motor may be coupled to an input shaft such that it is rotatable relative to or independently of the rotation of the input shaft. The centrifugal weight system is operably connected to the motor so as to pivot centrifugally outward relative to the longitudinal axis in response to the rotation of the motor, moving the movable sheave closer to or further from the stationary sheave.

Abstract: A rim lock which includes a housing, a bolt displaceable in the housing, a strike which receives the bolt, a solenoid which is mounted on the housing and has a coil, a plunger which is axially reciprocal in the coil, a crosspiece fin which is disposed between and which is rigidly affixed to the plunger and the bolt, a front inner lever which has at least one pin and is rotationally mounted in the housing and is in mechanical communication with the crosspiece fin, a spring which is operatively braced between the crosspiece fin and the housing, apparatus which electrically energizes the coil, holding appartus which are operatively engageable between the bolt and the housing and mechanically retains the bolt, a key operated lock cylinder, a rear inner lever which has at least one pin and is rotationally mounted in the housing and is in mechanical communication with the crosspiece fin, and coupling apparatus which includes an interchangeable backset plate which is engaged between the key-operated lock cylinder an

Abstract: A hasp-type latch includes a hasp member with a base having a base wall and a pair of upstanding side walls and a latch arm which is pivotally mounted thereon. The side walls of the pad include releasable latching elements which are engageable with the arm in its open position to hold it in that position. The staple member has a base with a top wall and a depending sidewall defining a cavity thereunder, and the top wall has an opening therethrough. A post member has a pedestal portion which extends through the opening into the cavity of the staple base, and a post portion which extends upwardly through the aperture in the arm in its closed position. The pedestal portion includes securing means in the cavity which extends outwardly beyond the opening in the top wall to prevent the post member from being pulled through that opening. Generally the post member is rotatable to locate an elongate axis so that it overlies a portion of the hinge leaf in the closed position and prevents its being pivoted upwardly.

Abstract: A hang-lock device adapted to be fastened to a wall for hanging a hand propelled yard machine such as a snow thrower, or lawn mower, by a tubular portion of its structure, and for simultaneously protecting such machine against theft.The device includes a bracket portion mounted to a wall with blind screws, a lower, relatively wide, jaw cavity depending from the bracket portion for containing a confined structural part of the machine therein. An upper jaw latch plate is hinged pivotably to the upper horizontal edge of the bracket portion against the wall, extends downwardly therefrom, and overlaps the forward lip of the lower jaw a substantial distance to form a latchable and unlatchable closure around the confined structure of the machine.A hasp is fixedly fastened to the forward lip of the jaw cavity, which hasp extends through and registers with a closely fitting opening in the lower portion of such upper latch jaw.

Abstract: A door lock system for the rear doors of the trailer of a tractor-trailer rig is disclosed. The lock system includes a locking bar fixedly secured to one door and attachably secured to a second door. A pin projects from the second door so that it may pass through an opening in the locking bar. A pin cover locks over the pin for securing the bar to the second door. In a preferred embodiment the pin is formed identical to a conventional trailer king pin or coupling pin so that the pin cover may be used either to lock the trailer doors or as a theft prevention device covering the king pin to prevent unauthorized coupling of unattended trailers.

Abstract: A lock assembly comprises a stud for mounting on one member such as a door, a plate for pivotal mounting on another member and a separate locking member for locking the plate to the stud having locking mechanism comprising a cylinder slidable in the locking member and onto the stud, a ball movable through the cylinder wall from a locking position where it engages a groove in the stud and an unlocked position, a ring catch for holding the cylinder and thus the ball in their locked positions and a key-operated lock for operating the catch and also a dead lock.

Abstract: A lockable securing device including a bifurcated body having a pair of outwardly extended, spaced, parallel arms. A slotted opening is formed between the arms. Transverse apertures are provided in the arms near their outer ends and are sized to receive a removable, axial locking device. The locking device has an extension member at one end which is arranged to extend across the slotted opening to block the opening and retain an object within the slot when the axial lock is inserted and retained within said body arms. In one embodiment the slotted lock is used to secure the frame of a bicycle to an anchored object to prevent unauthorized removal; another is a door handle.

Abstract: Apparatus for attaching and locking an article to a mounting structure comprising a turnable lock having locked and unlocked states and a support rotatably supporting the lock thereon for displacement between first and second positions corresponding respectively to the locked and unlocked states. The support can be attached to an article. A bracket is intended to be attached to a mounting structure and the bracket is provided with an aperture of such a shape to allow passage of the lock therethrough in the unlocked state. In the locked state, the lock blocks removal thereof from the bracket.

Abstract: An armored cable-type lock assembly embodying an armored cable consisting of a length of stranded steel cable on which there are threaded in bead-like fashion armor pieces in the form of alternately arranged ball members and socket members. A fixed terminal lock housing at the proximate end of the cable is provided with a transverse bore through which the distal end of the cable may be passed so that the housing functions as an overlap slip joint and causes the cable to form a closed retaining loop when the distal end of the cable is in the bore, the size of such loop being regulated by pulling or pushing the cable through the housing.

Abstract: A latching device for luggage or the like cooperable with a hasp is constted so that a manually operable latch member is pivotally connected to a projection on a mounting plate for allowing the latch member to be rotated with respect thereto. A leaf spring biases the latch member into contact with the top surface of the projection. The projection includes stop surfaces for limiting rotation of the latch member in a first direction to a closed position wherein the latch member substantially overlies the mounting plate and for limiting rotation of the latch member in the opposite direction to an open position wherein the latch member is substantially perpendicular to the mounting plate. The leaf spring also biases a detent ball into contact with a surface of the latch member for releasably maintaining the latch member in the open and closed positions.