Abstract: A handle assembly of thin type permits through a computerized personal management system a plurality of persons to have easily access to instruments in a box with the handle assembly in which: a combination lock (6), opened by turning each of its dial discs (4) a given number of times to establish a combination of marks of the discs, is incorporated in a handle (2) and disposed adjacent to a cylinder lock (2) in the handle; and, a plate (11), interlocked with a rotor (8) of the lock (2), engages with a shoulder (15) of a lever (16) pivoted to a body (1), so that the handle is held in its folded position. When the lock (6) is held in its unlocked condition and the handle (2) is pulled, the lever (16) is swung upward by the plate (11) to release the handle (2) from the body (1).

Abstract: Although a door locking handle assembly is small as a whole in thickness in construction, it permits, through its computerized personal management system, a large number of persons or users to have easily and quickly access to their instruments contained in a box provided with the door locking handle assembly. In this assembly, a combination lock (19), which is opened by turning each of a set of its specially marked dial discs (21) a given number of times to establish a unique combination of marks of the dial discs (21), is incorporated in a door handle (13) or in a base body (1). In operation, a locking member (24) of the assembly prevents the door handle (13) from being pulled out of the base body (1), and is driven to reach its unlocked position when the combination lock (19) is opened.

Abstract: A latch mechanism which includes two paddles that are engaged by a lock plate. The lock plate is configured to swivel into engagement with lock portions of the paddles, thereby generally locking the paddles in place. Preferably, the lock plate engages a substantial width of the lock portions to avoid creating an undesirable asymmetrical loading condition. As a result of engaging a substantial width of the lock portions of the paddles, the locking of the paddles is robust and reliable. Preferably, the lock portions on the paddles include a retention ramp that engages corresponding structure on the lock plate. The retention ramp renders the engagement between the lock plate and paddles generally more effective.

Abstract: A flush mountable operating assembly has paddle-type handle nested in a housing-defined recess for pivoting between non-operated and operated positions. An operating linkage for drivingly connecting the paddle handle to one or a plurality of adjacent or remotely located latch assemblies includes overlying first and second arm that are connected to the housing for pivotal movement about a common pivot axis. A lock cylinder is carried by the housing and is coupled to a connecting element for positioning the connecting element at selected locations along the lengths of aligned slots that are formed through the first and second arms. The position of the connecting element in the slots, and the configuration and orientation of the slots determine whether the arms are drivingly connected or disconnected. When connected, the arms pivot in the unison when the handle is moved to its operated position to cause the latch operation.

Abstract: A key operated, lock actuating system having a housing and a lock cylinder that is pivotable relative to the housing around a first axis. An actuator assembly is pivotable around the first axis between a fully locked position and an unlocked position. The lock actuating system includes a first key having a first configuration and a second key having a second configuration. The first key can be used to change the actuator assembly between the locked and unlocked positions. The second key, which cannot be fully inserted to be operable with the actuator assembly in the locked position, can be used to change the actuator assembly between the unlocked position and an intermediate locked position.

Abstract: Although a door locking handle assembly is small as a whole in thickness, it permits through a computerized personal management system of users a plurality of persons or users to have easily access to instruments contained in a box which is provided with the door locking handle assembly. In this assembly, a combination lock (19), which is opened by turning each of a set of its specially marked dial discs (21) a given number of times to establish a unique combination of marks of the dial discs (21), is incorporated in a door handle (13) or a base body (1) of the assembly. In operation, a locking member (44) of the assembly prevents the door handle (13) from being pulled out of the base body (1), and is driven to reach its unlocked position when the combination lock (19) is opened.

Abstract: A cylinder lock mounting device of the invention comprises: a panel 40 having a cylinder lock insert hole 42 and a cylinder lock mounting hole 41; a cylinder lock 20 provided with a engaging projection 25 and a mounting section 27 on an outer peripheral surface thereof; and an outer handle device 1 to be fixed on an outer surface of the panel 40 by a fastener 62 inserted through the mounting section 27 of the cylinder lock 20 and the cylinder lock mounting hole 41 of the panel 40 from an inside of the panel 40, wherein the engaging projection 25 of the cylinder lock 20 is engaged with a peripheral edge of the cylinder lock insert hole 42 on an outside of the panel 40 by inserting and rotating the cylinder lock 20 in the cylinder lock insert hole 42 of the panel 40.

Abstract: A door locking handle assembly with two locks makes its locking function and appearance stricter. Keys of these locks may lock and unlock a door handle (15). The assembly may permit only one of the keys to unlock the handle (15), if necessary. The handle (15) is mounted on a door (B) and capable of extending from and entering a handle holder (10) mounted on the door (B). A first lock (30) and a second lock (40) are mounted on a free end of the handle (15) and the holder (10), respectively, and adjacent to each other, and are provided with a first movable locking element (32) and a second movable locking element (42), respectively. When these locking elements (32, 42) are engaged with each other, the handle (15) is locked. When they (32, 42) are disengaged, the handle (15) is unlocked.

Abstract: In a door lock handle assembly of pull-out and side-swinging lever-action type, an operating handle is released from its retracted position without fail upon receipt of an unlocking signal issued from a site remote from the handle assembly, and is automatically locked again to the retracted position when pushed back into the retracted position. A solenoid (12) is fixedly mounted on a rear surface of a housing (2). A latch portion (7) is formed in a receiving lever plate (13) pivoted to the housing (2). The solenoid (12) has its plunger (14) pivoted to the lever plate (13) which is rotatably biased by a spring (15) in the direction in which the lever plate (13) is engaged with a stopper plate (8). When the solenoid (12) is energized, the lever plate (13) is pulled back to have the latch portion (7) disengaged from the stopper plate (8).

Abstract: The device is intended for a door having an exterior door panel having a door aperture and an edge face extending perpendicular to the exterior door panel. According to the invention, the device comprises an intermediate mounting plate borne by a support plate between it and the exterior door panel, the support plate carrying connecting elements. The device further includes an outside opening control module for opening the door from outside the vehicle. The intermediate mounting plate and the outside opening control module have cooperating attachment components for securing the control module to the intermediate support plate and for securing and pre-positioning the connecting elements in order to provide a connection between the control module and a lock. The device is intended to optimize the process of assembling automobile doors.

Abstract: A handle operating mechanism that may be lockable includes a housing that defines a forwardly facing recess for receiving a handle that is movable from a nested non-operated position to an extended operated position. A connection plate located behind the housing is pivotally supported by the housing for limited angular movement from a non-operated orientation to an operated orientation in response to movement of the handle from the non-operated position to the operated position. The connection plate is provided with a plurality of connection formations arrayed in a novel way about the pivot axis of the connection plate to ensure that pairs of lengthy, oppositely directed links coupled to the connection formations move concurrently and substantially equidistantly to operate various arrangements of remotely located latches including pairs of latches situated on opposite sides of the handle operating mechanism.

Abstract: A kit for an external vehicle door handle has a carrier fastened at an inner side of a door panel and a handle mounted on the carrier from the exterior of the door. The carrier has a pivotable bearing arm with a coupling receptacle and the handle has a shaft end with a coupling plug engaging the coupling receptacle of the bearing arm during mounting of the handle. A locking device accessible through a hole in a door folding secures in a locking position the coupling plug and the coupling receptacle for coupling the handle and the bearing arm. The bearing arm has a spring-loaded locking member with a locking location and the coupling plug has a matching counter locking location. The locking device has an adjustable obstacle projecting into the restoring path of the locking member and locking the locking member engaging the counter locking member.

Abstract: A door handle lock (20) for hinged lever-style door handles (10) adapted for mounting on a portion of a hinged lever-style door handle (10) and overlapping a portion of a door handle housing (12), the door handle housing (12), with a hinged lever-style door handle (10), is received in a portion of a door, the hinged lever-style door handle (10) used for opening the door. With the door handle lock (20) in place on the hinged lever-style door handle (10), the door cannot be opened because the handle cannot be moved. Attempts to move the door handle (10) are unsuccessful because the door handle lock (20) interferes with the door handle housing (12) if one attempts to move the handle (10), thus preventing movement thereof.

Abstract: A pop-up handle assembly includes a planar mounting panel which may be integral with a housing. The assembly also includes dual longitudinal bores generally parallel to one another and offset from each other. A handle that rotationally drives an interconnected shaft is carried by one of the bores to operate between locked and open positions. When in locked position, the handle is prevented from being rotated. When in open position, the handle extends outwardly from the housing and can rotate approximately 90 degrees to thereby drivingly rotate the shaft, which allows access to an enclosed space. A lock cylinder is carried by the other bore and rotates therein between locked and unlocked positions. When in locked position, the cylinder is not depressible. When in the unlocked position, the cylinder functions as a depressible push button which engages a retainer member to release the handle from locked position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock for doors of housings or cabinets with particularly narrow frame profiles, comprising a bolt mechanism which is longitudinally moveably guided in the frame profile, and a door plate which can be fixed on the outside of the door leaf, said door plate having a first door plate area (11) with the handle (13) located therein and a second door plate area (12) in which the locking device is located.

Abstract: A closing device for a the door, trunk lid or the like, which has a lock mechanism (1) with an actuating drive (4) for the driving of at least one structural part of the lock mechanism. The actuating drive furthermore drives an opening aid (8) of the door, the trunk lid or the like.

Abstract: A rotary latch employs at least one rotary jaw that is releasably retained in its latched position by a rotary pawl. Housing side plates sandwich the rotary jaw, the rotary pawl and one or more torsion coil springs that bias the rotary jaw from an unlatched position toward a latched position, and the rotary pawl from a jaw-releasing position toward a jaw-retaining position. Improvements that enhance service longevity include the use of C-shaped hook formations defined by reaches of spring material that extend from torsion spring coils located alongside one or both of the rotary jaw and the rotary pawl to engage convexly shaped C-shaped formations of the rotary jaw and/or the rotary pawl that are located in the same plane as the torsion spring coils to provide long-lived connections between the torsion spring or springs and one or both of the rotary jaw and the rotary pawl.

Abstract: In a door lock handle assembly of pull-out and side-swinging lever-action type, an operating handle is released from its retracted position without fail upon receipt of an unlocking signal issued from a site remote from the handle assembly, and is automatically locked again to the retracted position when pushed back into the retracted position. A solenoid (12) is fixedly mounted on a rear surface of a housing (2). A latch portion (7) is formed in a receiving lever plate (13) pivoted to the housing (2). The solenoid (12) has its plunger (14) pivoted to the lever plate (13) which is rotatably biased by a spring (15) in the direction in which the lever plate (13) is engaged with a stopper plate (8). When the solenoid (12) is energized, the lever plate (13) is pulled back to have the latch portion (7) disengaged from the stopper plate (8).

Abstract: Weather resistant push button operator assemblies usable with a variety of latch and lock systems are disclosed that employ O-ring seals along inner and outer diameters of tubular push button operators that may be provided with key operated lock cylinders. A clamp-on bracket and linkage assembly is disclosed that may be used to enable the push button operator assemblies to pivot pairs of latch connected links in opposite directions to concurrently release pairs of remotely located latches.

Abstract: A rotary latch system where a rotary latch has a trip pawl and a latch jaw which engages a striker. When a T-handle is turned, rotation is translated via a rotating member to an actuating lever. Movement of the lever triggers the pawl which releases the latch jaw. Linkages to other latches can be easily made by connecting to pins upon the rotating member. The latch can then act as a master latch which operates a group of latches. T-handle is spring biased to return to its starting position on release. A locking embodiment provides a lock assembly which interferes with the rotation of the actuating lever when system is in a locked position.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle has a support, a lock cylinder, and a handle recess unit. A lock bolt on the support has a release position, allowing mounting and demounting of the handle recess unit, and a securing position preventing demounting. The lock cylinder is bayonet-coupled in the support. A locking member locks the coupled lock cylinder, but can move from a locking into an unlocking position allowing coupling and decoupling of the lock cylinder. A cover is movable between an initial position preventing access to the lock bolt, and an end position, allowing access to the lock bolt. In the unlocking position, the locking member prevents a reversing movement of the cover; in the locking position, it allows a reversing movement. In the end position the cover prevents access to and adjustment of the locking member, but in its initial position allows access and adjustment between the unlocking and locking positions.

Abstract: A cylinder lock mounting device of the invention comprises: a panel 40 having a cylinder lock insert hole 42 and a cylinder lock mounting hole 41; a cylinder lock 20 provided with a engaging projection 25 and a mounting section 27 on an outer peripheral surface thereof; and an outer handle device 1 to be fixed on an outer surface of the panel 40 by a fastener 62 inserted through the mounting section 27 of the cylinder lock 20 and the cylinder lock mounting hole 41 of the panel 40 from an inside of the panel 40, wherein the engaging projection 25 of the cylinder lock 20 is engaged with a peripheral edge of the cylinder lock insert hole 42 on an outside of the panel 40 by inserting and rotating the cylinder lock 20 in the cylinder lock insert hole 42 of the panel 40.

Abstract: Although a door locking handle assembly is small as a whole in thickness, it permits through a computerized personal management system of users a plurality of persons or users to have access to instruments contained in a box provided with the door locking handle assembly in an easy manner. In the assembly, a combination lock (19) opened by turning each of a set of its specially marked dial discs (21) a given number of times to establish a unique combination of marks of the dial discs (21) is incorporated in a door handle (13) or a base body (1) of the assembly. In operation, a locking member (44) of the assembly prevents the door handle (13) from being pulled out of the base body (1), and is driven to reach its unlocked position when the combination lock (19) is opened.

Abstract: A double lock T-handle is disclosed having a tray which includes an inwardly dished handle receiving area, a second recessed handle receiving region, and a recessed padlock receiving depression. The tray further includes a lock cylinder casing having a locking cylinder and a shaft cylinder casing having a shaft. The lock cylinder functions as a first lock and a padlock functions as a second lock for the double lock T-handle. The T-handle includes a locking shoulder and a fracturable throat section which deters forced breakage of the T-handle and undesirable opening of a locked door.

Abstract: An SFP module includes a housing (1) and an ejector (70). An ejector seat (111) is formed in the housing for receiving the ejector. A triangular latch (114) is formed on the housing behind the ejector seat. The ejector includes a push bar (79) exposed forward of a front end (17) of the housing, and a tongue board (74). Two ejecting protrusions (741) are formed at a rear end of the tongue board, corresponding to a spring tab (611) of an SFP cage (6). The spring tab defines a retaining hole (613) for retaining the latch of the housing. When the SFP module is withdrawn from the cage, the push bar is pressed until the protrusions of the ejector have released the spring tab from the latch of the housing. The SFP module is then ejected from the cage by conventional spring means located in a rear of the cage.

Abstract: A locking arrangement for a switchgear cabinet, having a holding device, which contains a manual lever in a handle receptacle. The manual lever can be arrested in a locked position on the holding device by a displaceably seated bolt. For actuating the bolt, the holding device, which is in operative contact with the bolt, contains a lock in a lock housing. To make a locking arrangement accessible with little cost to a limited and definite group of people in connection with switchgear cabinets, the holding device contains a secondary lock which is also in operative connection with the bolt, or the secondary lock is in operative connection with a second bolt by a second actuating member, wherein the second bolt arrests the manual lever in a blocking position on the holding device.

Abstract: A tailgate locking device includes a cylinder lock supported by a bracket which fits into the recess present in the standard insert or bezel which surrounds the latch handle in a truck tailgate. The bracket is secured to the tailgate in such a way that it cannot be removed from the tailgate either from the inside or outside thereof. When the lock is rotated to a locked position, it moves a locking arm into position in front of the latch handle thereby preventing actuation of the latch to open the tailgate. Rotation of the lock to its unlocked position frees the latch handle allowing the tailgate to be opened.

Abstract: A swivelling lever control that can be locked after being swiveled inwards and for closing switchboard cabinet doors has a trough set on the outer surface of a door, in which the driving device for the closure, such as gear drive, lever drive or locking shaft, is arranged. An actuating lever is articulated to the driving device so as to swivel out of the trough about an axis parallel to the supporting surface of the trough. A hook device on the actuating lever engages a back engagement surface of the trough when the actuating lever is swiveled in, thus retaining the actuating lever after it has been swiveled into the trough. The actuating lever projects at its free end beyond the trough and bears an unlocking device with an actuating surface for the hook device that can be actuated by a pressure acting away from the outer surface of the door.

Abstract: A high security T-handle assembly for supporting a lock cylinder, includes an elongate handle having a passageway therethrough for key access to the locked cylinder along with a housing for containing the locked cylinder. The housing includes an opening therein for enabling projection of a locking pin exterior to the housing. First screw threads are formed on a circumference of the housing on one end of the housing and second screw threads are formed on the handle into one side thereof for engaging the first screw threads in order to secure the handle to the housing. At least one set screw is disposed in the handle for engaging the housing for preventing the unscrewing of the handle from the housing.

Abstract: A latch includes a cup, a latch assembly mounted in the cup and having a pivotal handle and a lock having a lock pawl selectively rotatable to a locked position to prevent operation of the latch assembly.

Abstract: A switchgear cabinet closing device for locking a cabinet door on a switchgear cabinet. The closing device has a handle on which a closing mechanism is connected via an adjusting mechanism, whereby the handle is held on a housing mounted on an outer side of the cabinet door, and whereby the handle is secured in the lock position by a closing device. In order to adapt such a switchgear cabinet closing device to various closing systems in a simple manner, the housing has a primary housing for mounting the handle such that it can pivot, and a collar housing which can be connected to the primary housing. This invention also provides a collar housing that accommodates a lock of the closing mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicular door lock operation system includes a base member fixed on an interior surface of a door outer panel, a handle rotatably supported on the base member and linked to a opening member of a door lock device, a door key cylinder supported by the base member and linked to a locking member of the door lock device, a connecting member which connects the handle and the opening member of the door lock device, and a supporting portion positioned close to the door key cylinder and supporting the connecting member. In such a vehicular door lock operation system, the assembly operation of the door lock device becomes more simplified than in the conventional vehicular door lock operation system.

Abstract: A locking arrangement for a switchgear cabinet, having a holding device, which contains a manual lever in a handle receptacle, wherein the manual lever can be arrested in a locked position on the holding device by means of a displaceably seated bolt. For actuating the bolt, the holding device, which is in operative contact with the bolt, contains a lock in a lock housing. In order to make such a locking arrangement accessible to a limited and definite group of people with little cost, wherein a conversion of the lock at a later time remains possible, the lock, a secondary lock, is designed as a number lock with adjustable number wheels. The secondary lock is inserted into a lock receptacle in the lock housing and is interchangeably fastened from the inside of the lock housing in fastening receivers, and the secondary lock has a control member acting on but is not connected with an actuating shoulder of the actuating member.

Abstract: Snack and drink dispensers include a lockable pivoting door that provides access to the interior for refilling dispensed items and for retrieving cash collected. A lockable T-handle having key operated locking lugs extending from the T-handle penetrably engage slots in an encircling sleeve to prevent partial withdrawal of the T-handle from a recess in the door and thereby prevent rotation of the T-handle to unlock the door. Inserts of steel or the like are located in the opposed arms of the T-handle to prevent destruction of the locking lugs by drilling through the arms into contact with the locking lugs.

Abstract: A locking system for control-cabinet doors has a base member detachably mounted to an outer or inner side of a control-cabinet door. A pinion is mounted in the base member. First locking rods are mounted in the base member and are drivingly connected to the pinion. The first locking rods each have a projection extending away from the base member and engaging at least one second locking rod mounted on the inner side of the control-cabinet door to be longitudinally moveable for latching and unlatching the control-cabinet door. A detachable exterior cover is attached to the base member and covers the base member completely. The exterior cover has a first opening and an actuator is inserted through the first opening into the base member for rotating the pinion and moving the first locking rods.

Abstract: It is possible for a fastener lock apparatus to reverse the rotational direction of a handle (4) by simply pulling forward a locking shaft (3) against a resilient force exerted by a spring member (14), and then rotating both the locking shaft (3) and a rotation angle limiting disc (10) relative to a fixed base mount member (1) in a condition in which a rotation permitting shaft portion (18) of the locking shaft (3) is received in a central through-hole (13) of the rotation angle limiting disc 10, wherein the central through-hole (13) of the rotation angle limiting disc 10 assumes a rectangular shape in front view while the rotation permitting shaft portion (18) of the locking shaft (3) assumes a round shape in cross section so as to be capable of being received and rotating in the central through-hole (13) of the rotation angle limiting disc 10.

Abstract: A closing device for doors of cases or cabinets preferably constructed out of thin wall material such as sheet metal and especially to the operation of catching systems, such as closing bars, which are mountable in the canted area of sheet metal cabinet doors. The closing device is comprised of a door plate having two door plate areas, whereby a first longitudinally extended door plate area has a turning handle for operating and a drift pinion which is rotationally mounted. The second door plate area has a push plate which is mounted in a slidable manner. The push plate interacts with the drift pinion and the catching system via a catch. The catch reaches through one of the slots in the door covered by the second door plate area.

Abstract: A panel lock includes a housing with a pivotal face plate arranged to engage a bolt upon pivotal movement of the face plate. A rotatable plug assembly may be rotated between a locking and unlocking position to restrain or release the push plate.

Abstract: A tailgate locking assembly (10) designed to be attached to a tailgate latching mechanism (92) that operates a truck tailgate (90). The mechanism (92) includes a pull-handle (96) which controls the position of a pair of lever arms (98) connected to a pair of respective latching rods (100). The rods are normally spring-biased in an outward direction which maintains the tailgate (90) in a latched configuration. When the pull-handle (96) is pulled back, the latching rods (100) move inward which unlatches and allows the tailgate (90) to be lowered. The tailgate locking assembly (10) includes a bracket (12) that attaches to the mechanism (92) and that incorporates a locking arm (56) that can be placed in a first position (44) or a second position (46) by means of a key lock (30). When the arm (56) is in the first position (44) it is located against one of the lever arms (98) preventing the pull-handle (96) from releasing the latching rods (100).

Abstract: A rotary-action heavy-duty slam-to-close latch for closing a panel or door and securing the same, wherein actuation means articulates a sliding locking member into and out of engagement with a lock plate, thereby moving the lock plate from a closed position to an open position, thereby releasing a pawl into and out of latching positions with a corresponding keeper. Several embodiments of actuation means are provided such as a rotatably mounted handle, a motor-driven cam assembly, and a rod-driven handle assembly.

Abstract: A pivoting lever closure is disclosed for the door, the sidewall or the like of an electrical control cabinet, a machine casing or the like, comprising an actuation shaft traversing the door leaf or the like, locking devices driven by the actuating shaft such as a sash lock and/or a bar lock, a cavity that can be placed on the door leaf or the like, an actuating lever which can be pivotally actuated on the actuating shaft around an axis which is perpendicular to the axis of the actuating shaft and which can be blocked in a pivoting position in the cavity by a locking device (i.e. a padlock) and can be swung out of the cavity. The actuating shaft can be rotated by the actuating lever from the cavity in the pivoting position.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a swivel lever actuator which can be secured by a padlock for the closure of switch cabinet doors or the like, with a dish which is arranged on the outer surface of the door or the like and in which is arranged the lock shaft, wherein an actuating lever is articulated at the free end of the lock shaft as to be swivelable out of the dish about an axis extending transverse to the shaft axis, and with a projection carried by the actuating lever, wherein an eyelet is arranged at the free end of the projection in such a way that when the lever is swiveled into the dish a padlock inserted through the eyelet prevents the actuating lever from swiveling out. The projection is mounted at the actuating lever so as to be displaceable, rotatable and/or swivelable in such a way that it can move relative to a second projection securely fastened to the actuating lever such that the two eyelets are aligned with one another and a padlock can be inserted through the eyelets.

Abstract: A closing device for a the door, trunk lid or the like, which has a lock mechanism (1) with an actuating drive (4) for the driving of at least one structural part of the lock mechanism (1), in which it is provided, in accordance with the invention, that the actuating drive (4) furthermore drives an opening aid (8) of the door, the trunk lid or the like.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a swivel lever actuator which can be secured by a padlock for the closure of switch cabinet doors or the like, with a dish which is arranged on the outer surface of the door leaf or the like and in which is arranged the lock shaft, wherein an actuating lever is articulated at the free end of the lock shaft as to be swivelable out of the dish about an axis extending transverse to the shaft axis, and with a projection supported by the dish, wherein an eyelet is arranged at the free end of the projection in such a way that when the lever is swiveled into the dish the projection and a padlock inserted through the eyelet prevents the actuating lever from swiveling out. The actuating lever, forms an offset surface in the area of the opening, which offset opening receives the shackle inserted through the eyelet.

Abstract: A latch system for a closure element that is slidable relative to a mounting frame between first and second positions. The mounting frame has a strike element to be engaged to releasably maintain the closure element in a first position. The latch system has a first frame part, a first handle that is mounted to the first frame part for movement between first and second positions, and a first latch assembly having a latched state and a released state. The first latch assembly in the latched state is capable of cooperating with the strike element to selectively prevent the closure element from moving from the first position for the closure element into the second position for the closure element. The first latch assembly in the released state permits the closure element to move from the second position for the closure element into the first position for the closure element and from the first position for the closure element into the second position for the closure element.

Abstract: A tailgate locking device includes a bezel used in place of the conventional bezel to surround a tailgate handle aperture. When a key-operated lock is rotated to a locked position, it moves a locking arm into position in front of a handle arm thereby preventing an interloper from actuating the handle to open the tailgate. Preferably the key-lock rotation also moves one or more retention bolts into positions behind the exterior panel of the tailgate to prevent removal of the locking device. Rotation of the lock to its unlocked position frees the tailgate handle and retracts the retention bolts.

Abstract: A liftgate handle assembly for actuating a remotely mounted liftgate latch comprising a liftgate handle assembly including a housing having a handle pivotally mounted therein, a key cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a main lever slidably and pivotally mounted thereon, a subordinate lever mounted thereon and in pivotal communication with the main lever which is operably engageable by the handle and operably connected to the key cylinder. The liftgate handle assembly includes a cable connected between the subordinate lever and the liftgate latch. The main lever is adapted to be reciprocally slidably actuated between a locked and an unlocked mode by rotation of the key cylinder, and pivotally actuated in an unlocked mode by manually lifting the handle to move the cable via the subordinate lever to operate the liftgate latch.

Abstract: A retractable lock for doors is provided that includes a frame mountable on the front side of the door panel for receiving a retractable lever grip. The lever grip is moveable along a release path between a retracted position inside the frame, where it is secured by a locking device, and an actuating position outside the frame. Further rotation of the lever grip along an actuating path transmits into rotational movement of a pinion which drives a locking rod, which is longitudinally slidably guided at the inner side of the door panel by engagement of outer teeth of the pinion at cutouts of the rod.

Abstract: An actuator is used for operating a variety of latching mechanisms. In one embodiment, the latching mechanism includes a rotatable connecting member comprised of a single piece or of separate pieces attached together and the actuator includes a handle assembly operable through pivotal movements of a handle. In operation, the actuator is mountable in a panel or similar member so that the pivoting motion of the handle occurs along a longitudinal axis of the connecting member.

Abstract: A lever-action slam latch includes a pair of opposing, nested slides so that a single latch can be mounted in either left-handed or right-handed door. The locking mechanism is difficult to circumvent, and permits the key to remain in the lock while the latch is opened.