Patents Examined by Kristina R Fulton
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Patent number: 12129883Abstract: A nut and a bolt are provided, which make it difficult to be loosened once they have been tightened. A security nut includes: a nut body having an inside screw; and a plurality of torque transmission projections provided on an outer surface of the nut body along a circumferential direction. Each torque transmission projection has a torque transmission surface provided on an upstream side in a tightening direction of the security nut, and a release surface provided on a downstream side in the tightening direction of the security nut. A ridge line is formed between the release surface and the torque transmission surface, the ridge line inclining toward the upstream side of the tightening direction along the circumferential direction, from an advancing-direction end of the nut body to a retracting-direction end of the nut body.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: IWATA BOLT KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ryuya Oota
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Patent number: 12129696Abstract: A door lock device includes a door mount comprising a front base plate and a mounting guide coupled to the front base plate, the door mount mountable to a door; and a lock arm assembly comprising an attachment plate and a structure engagement assembly, the attachment plate defining a mounting slot, the mounting guide engaging the mounting slot to mount the lock arm assembly on the door mount, the structure engagement assembly configured to engage a structure surrounding the door to prevent the door from opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Osceola Cuts, LLCInventor: William Bruce Daniels
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Patent number: 12129692Abstract: An actuating member (14), in particular a handle element, an interior door handle arrangement of a vehicle, wherein the actuating member (14) includes a carrier substrate (20) preferably made of plastic and a decorative layer (21) covering the surface of the carrier substrate (20). The decorative layer (21) includes a visible area (22) that in particular in the intended installed state, and in particular in the non-actuated state of the actuating member (14) forms a visible side of the actuating member (14), at least one gate region (2) in particular formed in a gate lip or gate tab (4), and at least one edge region or arcuate region (25, 26) by which the gate region (2) is preferably continuously connected to the visible area (22) of the decorative layer (21).Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Elmar Fries, Klaus Henninger
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Patent number: 12129693Abstract: A locking device for a motor vehicle bonnet, wherein the locking device comprises a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and a pawl for locking the rotary latch in a main latching position. Said locking device also comprises a catch hook which can define an opening movement of a lock retainer in a secure position which is between an intended closed position and an intended open position after opening the locking mechanism, wherein the catch hook comprises a load dependent barrier, and the locking device is designed such that a locking movement of the lock retainer is defined by the barrier in the intended closed position such that the lock retainer only goes in further than the intended closed position when there is an overload. A further developed locking device with pedestrian protection can also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Kiekert AGInventor: Holger Schiffer
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Patent number: 12123236Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge lock consisting of a first hinge part for fastening to the outside of a door and a second hinge part for fastening on the outside of a door frame, wherein the first hinge part has an actuating device, by means of which the first and the second hinge part can be unlocked and locked with one another. The actuating device interacts with a shaft, which is suitable for passing through the door. An inner handle is arranged at the end of the shaft facing away from the actuating device, by means of which the first and the second hinge part can be unlocked and locked with one another. The shaft is surrounded by at least one pipe part.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Industrilås i Nässjö ABInventors: Maxim Kaganov, Dirk Schäfer
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Patent number: 12123226Abstract: A door latch device includes: an open link including a lever main body, an inertia lever part, and a release energizing member configured to energize the inertia lever part to be maintained at an operating position with respect to the lever main body, an operation force of the door handle being not transmitted to the ratchet lever even in a state in which the lever main body is disposed at an unlocked position, in a case where the inertia lever part is disposed at a non-operating position against energizing force of the release energizing member; a ratchet lever; and a restriction mechanism disposed between the lever main body and the inertia lever part, the restriction mechanism being configured to restrict returning movement to the operating position in a case where the inertia lever part moves to the non-operating position.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventor: Takuya Shinohara
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Patent number: 12116804Abstract: A deadbolt includes a bolt assembly structured to mount inside a cavity between interior and exterior sides of a door. The bolt assembly includes a bolt housed inside a deadbolt latch. An exterior assembly is structured to mount onto the exterior side of the door. The exterior assembly is operably connected to the deadbolt latch to move the bolt between a retracted position and an extended position. An interior assembly is structured to mount onto the interior side of the door. The interior assembly is operably connected to the deadbolt latch and includes a manual actuator being operable to slide in opposite first and second linear directions causing the deadbolt latch to move the bolt between the retracted and extended positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc.Inventor: Oscar Romero
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Patent number: 12117032Abstract: An expandable washer for use with a fastener to maintain tension in the fastener after connection to a component comprises first and second disks. The first and second disks cooperatively define a channel having a dimension parallel to the expansion axis which decreases from a location remote from to a location closer to the expansion axis. The first and second disks are configured to pass the fastener through them and to the component. The fastener operatively engages the first disk for moving with the first disk and to place the fastener in tension when the fastener is connected to the component. The expandable washer further includes a cam located radially outward from the expansion axis and biased for movement toward the expansion axis to drive the first and second disks apart to maintain the application of force against the fastener.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANYInventor: Steven Brekke
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Patent number: 12116807Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-theft device configured to be attached to merchandise to be protected, preferably to cardboard boxes, the anti-theft device comprising a housing, which comprises a winding apparatus rotatably mounted therein, at least one securing-loop arrangement, the securing-loop arrangement being designed to loop around the merchandise to be protected such that the anti-theft device can be securely connected to the merchandise to be protected, and a winding apparatus locking mechanism configured to prevent the rotational unwinding movement of the winding apparatus in the housing, if the winding apparatus locking mechanism is engaged with the winding apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: rapitag GmbHInventors: Sebastian Müller, Alexander Schneider
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Patent number: 12115816Abstract: A main module adapted to be attached to a wheel of a vehicle is disclosed, comprising a centre bolt, an expander and a locking mechanism. The main module is configured to be fitted with a blocking means configured to cover nuts or bolts of the wheel. The centre bolt is adapted to be connected to the main module by means of a threading such that the axial position of the centre bolt, as seen along the axis of rotation of the wheel, can be adjusted by rotating the centre bolt relative the main module, and such that the expander expands in a radial direction of the wheel as the axial position of the centre bolt is adjusted. The expander is thereby allowed to engage with the wheel to secure the module to said wheel.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Rimgard Sweden ABInventors: Lars Ivarsson, Carl Pettersson
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Patent number: 12116809Abstract: A vehicular door handle device includes a housing being gripped from outside of a compartment when a door is opened, hollow, and provided with an opening, a switch device being fixed inside the housing and including a movable contact portion disposed so as to face the opening of the housing, an operation member fitting in the opening and being supported so as to be movable in a first direction from inside to outside of the housing and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a protector including a main body portion covering the switch device, and a first seal portion being inserted into a gap between an inner circumferential portion of the opening and an outer circumferential portion of the operation member and filling the gap, and pressing the movable contact portion of the switch device by being pressed by the operation member.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Kawano, Kazuyoshi Mori, Akiyoshi Sawada
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Patent number: 12116810Abstract: An attachment system for a locking device mounted to a closure comprises a baseplate fastenable to a mounting surface of the closure, a housing and an insert. The baseplate includes at least one circumferential track having an engagement feature, and a plurality of circumferential cutouts terminating with a catch portion. The housing includes a plurality of extrusions insertable into the at least one circumferential track and engageable with the engagement feature to prevent the housing from being withdrawn from the baseplate in a direction normal to the mounting surface. The housing further includes a slot. The insert is securely insertable into the slot. The insert includes a frame having a plurality of protrusions insertable into the circumferential cutouts in the baseplate. The protrusions are slideably lockable in the catch portions of the circumferential cutouts to prevent relative rotation between the baseplate and the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: dormakaba USA Inc.Inventors: James David Bacon-Brown, Adam Dunnigan
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Patent number: 12110712Abstract: Disclosed is a combination lock, comprising a rotatable knob capable of relative rotation, a panel, a bolt, and a dial assembly. The dial assembly comprises a base having a movement chamber, a dial shaft, multiple sets of bushings and dials, a position resetting mechanism, a positioning member, and a protection frame The rotatable knob can be rotated relative to the panel to a first position, second position, third position, or fourth position, so as to achieve locking, automatic password resetting, automatic dial position resetting, and manual password setting. The combination lock uses one-time temporary passwords, thereby achieving superior security performance.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Inventor: Yijian Li
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Patent number: 12110717Abstract: A motor vehicle including a latch and a pawl, the latch is adjustable between an open position and a locked position, the pawl is adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position, a drive arrangement which, in an opening movement, adjusts an adjusting arrangement such that the adjusting arrangement raises the pawl, an actuating lever and a clutch arrangement arranged between the actuating lever and the pawl, in the disengaging state, the actuating stroke of the actuating lever is an idle stroke with regard to the raising of the pawl and in the engaging state, the pawl is able to be raised via the actuating stroke of the actuating lever, the adjusting arrangement with the opening movement, shifts the clutch arrangement from the disengaging state to the engaging state. An unlocking movement shifts the clutch arrangement from the disengaging state into the engaging state via the adjusting arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, WuppertalInventors: Ludger Graute, Andreas Hoffmann, Markus Zillert
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Patent number: 12103768Abstract: The locking device is provided for waste containers. The locking device allows the lid of the container, when the container is in an upright position, to be locked to prevent unauthorized access to the container. When the container is tilted from the upright position, e.g., to empty the contents of the container, the locking device is gravity actuated to allow the lid to open automatically. The locking device is also provided with a manual release for manually opening the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Serio-Us Industries, Inc.Inventors: James L. Martin, II, David L. Reeb
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Patent number: 12104797Abstract: A cooking appliance includes at least a muffle defining a cooking cavity, a frame and a door hinged to the frame. An aperture is provided in the frame for gaining access to the cooking cavity, the door allowing the aperture to be selectively opened and closed by means of a rotation of the door around a rotation axis. The cooking appliance further includes a latch assembly configured to establish a releasable engagement between the frame and the door when the door is in the closed position. The latch assembly includes a latch member and a latch receiver. One of the latch member and the latch receiver is integral to an insert coupled to the door and is applied adjacently to a first side of the door, the first side of the door being the side of the door farthest from the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Abubackar M. Balekundri
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Patent number: 12097910Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system including a feedback actuator to simulate a steering feel to a steering device and including an electric motor connected to a steering shaft to transmit a torque, and a steering lock including a latch connected to the steering shaft in a torsion-resistant manner and a lock to engage with the latch at locking positions to block a rotation of the steering shaft. If an ignition is switched-off and a movement of the steering device is detected, a position of the steering shaft and a distance between the lock and a next locking position of the latch is determined. If the distance is greater than a predefined value, a counter-torque is transmitted to the steering shaft by the feedback-actuator opposite to the movement of the steering device until the locking position reaches the lock and the lock can engage with the latch.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kristof Polmans, Imre Szepessy, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Hayato Miyakawa, Yosuke Ojima, Munetsugu Hanji
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Patent number: 12091893Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a selectively operated safety latch having an active mode and a stowed mode. In an illustrative example, a retractable safety latch may include a tongue element extending in a first plane and a base element extending in a second plane. The tongue element, for example, may include multiple mode selection slots. The base element may include a brace slot. For example, one of the multiple mode selection slots and the brace slot may receive a security pin long a longitudinal axis so that a predetermined mode is selected. In the active mode, the tongue element extends away from the base element to releasably engage a striker element. In the inactive mode, the first plane and the second plane are substantially parallel such that the tongue element is prevented from engaging the striker element. Various embodiments may advantageously provide quick switching security latch operations.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: ATECH AVIATION CONSULTING, LLCInventor: Andre Glenn Forrest
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Patent number: 12091889Abstract: A motor-vehicle door latch device includes an engagement mechanism including a latch and a ratchet, a base plate fixed to a body housing the engagement mechanism, a casing fixed to the base plate such that a first side surface faces a side surface on a vehicle-exterior side of the base plate, a releasing mechanism including a releasing lever, a locking/unlocking mechanism enabling the ratchet to disengage from the latch and vice versa, an electric mechanism including a locking/unlocking motor and a releasing motor, and a closure mechanism rotating the latch from a half-latched position to a fully-latched position, wherein all members forming the releasing mechanism, the locking/unlocking mechanism, and the electric mechanism are arranged on a second side surface opposite the first side surface of the casing, and all members forming the closure mechanism are arranged between the first side surface of the casing and the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Hanaki, Shuntaro Kimura
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Patent number: 12091890Abstract: A remotely controlled inswing portable door lock apparatus having a blade including a barb at a distal end and a tang at a proximal end. The barb being configured to be disposed within an aperture of a strike plate. The body having a top and a bottom, wherein the body is operably coupled to the tang of the blade. A paddle being moveably coupled to the body and configured to selectively move between a first orientation substantially flush with the top of the body and a second orientation protruding from the top of the body. The apparatus further including a remotely controllable electronics module coupled to the body and configured to operate an electromechanical electromechanical actuator in cooperation with the paddle, and configured to remotely and selectively position the paddle between the first orientation and the second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: John P McIntire, Matt Srnoyachki, Jason D Sopko, Adam C Adducchio