Abstract: A drawer lock assembly is provided including a housing having a front face and a rear face; a barrel having a first end extending perpendicularly from the front face of the housing and a second end extending through the rear face of the housing; a locking actuation member disposed through the first end of the barrel; a driver disposed through the second end of the barrel to engage the locking actuation member; a bolt including a first member offset from a second member in a parallel relationship, the first member includes a slot configured to receive a cam of the driver; and an endplate configured to retain the driver and bolt in the housing, the endplate including a channel configured to receive the second member of the bolt, wherein upon actuation of the locking actuation member, the second member extends beyond the housing to engage a recess of a structure.

Abstract: A striker on a lower part of a doorway of a vehicle body includes: first and second engagement parts on a metal base and fixed to the vehicle body to be apart from each other to respectively engage with a door latch device on a lower part of a door capable of closing the doorway and a dislocation prevention part adjacent the door latch device; a pair of front and rear engagement pieces on a vehicle interior side of the base respectively opposite the first and second engagement parts; a reinforcing piece between the first and second engagement pieces; and an elastic body fixed to the base by the first and second engagement pieces and the reinforcing piece. The elastic body has a convex portion that abuts against an inner panel of the door when the door is closed. The convex portion is supported by the reinforcing piece.

Abstract: A mechanically reprogrammable cylinder lock includes a magnetic tool to provide reprogramming.

Abstract: A grommet G according to the present invention is provided with, on the outer side of a second flexible portion 22, a padding portion 4. With this, of a pressing force F which acts from the cylindrical base part 1 side to the seal portion 3 side, a panel parallel component F1 parallel to a dash panel DP is hardly transmitted. On the other hand, a panel vertical component F2 vertical to the dash panel DP is easily transmitted. Consequently, the panel vertical component F2 becomes relatively large, and even if the seal portion 3 is brought into contact with the dash panel DP by acting the pressing force F from the oblique direction, the rolling-up caused by the occurrence of the inclination of the seal portion 3 can be suppressed.

Abstract: A security apparatus having a lock head and lock body is disclosed. The lock head includes lock fingers capable of shifting horizontally. When collapsed, the lock fingers may be withdrawn from a security slot of a portable electronic device. Engaging members are set at the lock head and lock body respectively such that the two can be secured together or be readily removable from each other when needed. The lock body includes a locking mechanism operably coupled to the lock head. Configurations of the lock fingers are alterable via the locking mechanism. The lock head and the locking mechanism are on different planes.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-theft device configured to be attached to merchandise to be protected the anti-theft device including a housing, which comprises a winding apparatus rotatably arranged therein, at least one securing-loop arrangement designed and intended 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 locking mechanism.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatically resettable passive swing bolt lock consisting of a lock body and a key. The key can be inserted into a locking hole of the lock body. In the present invention, the lock body comprises a lock housing, a rotary compartment, a lock cover, a reset spring, a pin spring, a pin, a lock body PCB, a motor, a cam, a reset pusher block, and two locking contacts. In the lock body, the rotary compartment is installed inside the lock housing. The lock body PCB, the motor and the cam are installed in an internal cavity of the rotary compartment formed by the lock cover and the rotary compartment. The invention has a small size and a simple structure, and the motor thereof has low power consumption.

Abstract: A fastening device for axially fastening a rotatably mounted threaded pin to a closing element, in particular a door, having a fastening element, which can be screwed onto the threaded pin, and having a backward-rotation prevention means for securing the screwed-on fastening element, wherein the backward-rotation prevention means has a sealing region for sealing the threaded pin with respect to the closing element. The disclosure also describes a closure actuator and a closing element incorporating the fastening device.

Abstract: A latch assembly for a closure panel and corresponding method of operation are provided. The assembly includes an actuation group to latch and unlatch the closure panel using power from a main power source during normal operation. A first backup energy source is selectively coupled to the actuation group and stores energy during normal operation and supplies the energy during a failure. A second backup energy source is selectively coupled to the first backup energy source and supplies energy thereto during the failure. A latch controller is coupled to the backup energy sources and detects latch operation and whether there is normal operation. The latch controller charges the first backup energy source using energy from the second backup energy source based on the detection of latch operation and the failure and disconnects the second backup energy source during normal operation to conserve energy stored in the second backup energy source.

Abstract: According to some exemplary embodiments described herein, a door lock may include a driveshaft operatively couplable to a bolt configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position to selective secure an associated door. The door lock may also include a transmission coupled to the driveshaft, where the driveshaft includes at least one gear configured to rotate with the driveshaft. The door lock may also include a magnetic encoder coupled to the transmission and configured to measure a position of the at least one gear. The magnetic encoder may include a diametrically polarized magnet coupled to the at least one gear.

Abstract: A seal for an axle shaft assembly which may be found in an automotive transmission or drive axle, is provided. The seal may accommodate significant axle deflection, while retaining a fluid-tight seal between multiple sealing surfaces. The seal may include dynamic flanges configured to seal against surfaces which are angled or orthogonal with respect to one another. The seal may also include one or more holes extending from an outer surface to an inner surface of the seal, such that a body of the seal forms a conduit which allows fluid, such as lubricating fluid, to flow through the seal.

Abstract: Seal assemblies, gaskets, bearing assemblies, and their components can be used as pre-packaged seal systems and pre-packaged seal and bearing systems. The seal assemblies can be orientated in different configurations for different applications. Gaskets to restrict flow and gaskets with memory lips to operate as sealing lips can be included to increase the number of sealing points. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder. Bearing assemblies can be pre-packaged with the sealing assemblies and service grease may optionally be used to provide lubrication and limit fluid incursion into the spring cavities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a closing ring closure device for a closing ring with a closing lever and a one-piece or two-piece traction bracket, each of which are pivotably mounted by means of pivot bearings on a pivot bearing base on the closing ring side, wherein the traction bracket and the closing lever are pivotably connected to one another by means of a further pivot bearing. For automation in production technology and for the use of mechanical closing ring closure devices, e.g. on automatic filling lines, it is very advantageous if the two components closing lever and traction bracket are provided with special constructive means which are designed in a mutually coordinated functional mode between the two components as a snap-fit device for fixing the closing ring closure device in wide-open closing lever position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a locking arrangement for a switch cabinet, having a switch cabinet door which has on its inside a push-rod lock which projects through the switch cabinet door to the front side of the switch cabinet door via a coupling piece, wherein an actuating member is fixed to the front side via a handle adapter and is coupled to the coupling piece, for which purpose the switch cabinet door has at least one adapter plate, onto which the handle adapter is placed in a form-fitting manner via at least one aperture, the adapter plate having, on its side facing the actuating member, a fastening element, by means of which the actuating member is fixed to the adapter plate.

Abstract: A sealing device includes a reinforcing ring formed annularly around an axis and an elastic body part that is formed from an elastic body attached to the reinforcing ring and that is formed annularly around the axis. The reinforcing ring includes a tubular portion having a cylindrical shape around the axis and a flange projecting annularly from an outer end portion of the tubular portion to an inner periphery side. The elastic body part includes a lip portion that is an annular portion covering the flange from an outer side, projecting from the flange toward the outer side in a direction of the axis, and projecting toward the inner periphery side in a radial direction. The lip portion includes a seal lip portion that is an annular portion projecting toward the outer side in the direction of the axis and a secondary lip portion that is an annular portion projecting toward an inner side in the direction of the axis.

Abstract: A restraining device that can be positioned and secured using one hand includes a housing, a strap, a handle, and a locking unit. The housing has a pair of apertures positioned singly in front and rear ends thereof. The strap, which has a first end engaged to the housing, extends from the housing loopedly back through the pair of apertures to define a loop. A second end of the strap is external to the housing. The handle is engaged to the strap proximate to the second end. Hands of a person can be inserted into the loop so that the strap is positioned around wrists of the person. A user is positioned to pull on the handle to tighten the strap around the wrists. The locking unit, which is engaged to and positioned in the housing, can selectively engage the strap to prevent expansion of the loop.

Abstract: A padlock having a removable or interchangeable shackle is disclosed. The padlock comprises a lock body and a shackle, the shackle being movable in an axial direction between a locked position and an unlocked position, the short leg being withdrawn from the lock body in the unlocked position. The padlock also comprises a retaining shaft receivable within a corresponding bore of the lock body, wherein the long leg includes a longitudinal recess for providing a travel path for the movement of the shackle from a locked position defined by the retaining shaft engaging a first end of the longitudinal recess to an unlocked position defined by the retaining shaft engaging a second end of the longitudinal recess to prevent the shackle from being removed from the lock body when the shackle is in the unlocked position.

Abstract: A handle assembly, including at least: a first handle including at least one recess and a square spindle configured to be received at least partially within the recess of the first handle, in an initial configuration, the first handle is configured to slide freely along the longitudinal axis of the square spindle over a given distance, the first handle is configured to pass from the initial position to a securing configuration in which the first handle is immobilized in translation and in at least one direction of rotation with respect to the square spindle, by at least one displacement in rotation of the first handle about the longitudinal axis of the square spindle through an angle strictly less than 360°.

Abstract: An exemplary product line system includes a common platform and a plurality of component families, each of which includes a plurality of interchangeable component species configured for use with the common platform. The common platform includes an inside drive assembly and a chassis assembly including a chassis and an outside drive assembly. A lockset assembled from the system includes the common platform and a plurality of modular components. Each of the modular components corresponds to a respective one of the component families, and is provided as a selected species of the corresponding component family. The lockset has a function defined by the set of component species installed to the lockset. The function of the lockset can be changed by altering the set of component species installed to the lockset without disassembling the chassis assembly.

Abstract: A smart bar lock that includes a pole with a length that corresponds to a length of an area that a sliding portion of a sliding door slides along, a motorized hinge coupled to an end of the pole, where the motorized hinge is configured to rotate to the pole by the end of the pole, and a processor. The processor is configured to perform operations of determining to lock the sliding door, moving the pole from a vertical position into a horizontal position with the motorized hinge, determining to unlock the sliding door while leaving the sliding door closed, and moving the pole into the vertical position with the motorized hinge.