Patents Examined by Thomas L Neubauer
  • Patent number: 12359468
    Abstract: The invention belongs to the technical field of locks, and particularly relates to a lock facilitating double-locking from the outside. The lock comprises a cylinder, a cylinder follower, and a bolt component. The lock further comprises a rotating handle, a fixing part fixedly connected with an external supporting surface, a rotating part fixedly connected with the rotating handle and movably connected with the fixing part, a stopper arranged on the fixing part and movably connected with the rotating part, and an adapter movably connected with the rotating part and connected with the cylinder follower. The structure facilitates double-locking from the outside. A restoration structure for restoring the cylinder is not needed. Therefore, the structure is simple, cost is low, the adapter is easy to mount and dismount, a user can adjust the installation mode of the adapter and the cylinder follower, and even non-professionals can install the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen SeamoonCloud Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chunlan Li
  • Patent number: 12359462
    Abstract: A lock case interlockable with an anti-theft latch is mounted on a door. The lock case includes a latch coupled with a latch hole in a door frame for retaining the door in a closed position. The anti-theft latch can be operated to engage with the door frame. When the latch is picked, the anti-theft latch still remains engaged with the door frame to prevent opening of the door. When normally operated, an inner operating device or an outer operating device can be operated to disengage the latch from the latch hole while disengaging the anti-theft latch from the door frame, permitting easy, convenient opening of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: I-TEK METAL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsung-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 12359486
    Abstract: A hold open rod includes a tube configured to support a structure in a deployed configuration and the tube is further configured to have a stowed configuration. The tube includes a first end and a second end arranged at ends of a longitudinal axis of the tube. The hold open rod includes a retention device configured to hold the coupling device when the tube is in the stowed configuration. The coupling device is configured to have a locked configuration that locks the coupling device to either an attachment structure or the retention device. The coupling device is configured to lock to the attachment structure with a first portion. The coupling device is configured to lock to the retention device with a second portion. The retention device includes an opening configured to receive the coupling device and the retention device further includes an internal surface configured to engage an external surface of the coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: MarathonNorco Aerospace
    Inventors: Jacob Anderson, Benjamin Dyer
  • Patent number: 12352076
    Abstract: An improved method and system for providing a magnetic closure system for an electronic device (100) may include a first portion (130), a second portion (150), a connecting element (145) pivotally connecting the first portion to the second portion and configured to enable the electronic device to fold between a closed position and an open position, and a magnetic element (160, 165) for providing a closure force to bias the electronic device in the closed position. The magnetic element may include a first magnet pair and a second magnet pair, each of the first magnet pair and second magnet pair including a first magnet housed within the first portion and a second magnet housed within the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Aseem Singla, Joseph Benjamin Gault
  • Patent number: 12351262
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with a cable lock assembly for a micromobility transit vehicle. A lock assembly may include a latch, an actuator, and an electric motor. The latch may be movable between a first, locking configuration securing a locking pin in place and a second, unlocking configuration disengaging the latch from the locking pin. The actuator may be coupled to the latch and movable between a plurality of positions, such as first, second, and third positions. The first position may secure the latch in the first configuration. The second position may move the latch to the second configuration. The third position may allow the latch to move between the first configuration and the second configuration. The electric motor may move the actuator between positions. A tolerance between the actuator and the latch may limit a load applied to the actuator by the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Calvin Jye Chang, Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Kevin Shia, Xin Wu
  • Patent number: 12338666
    Abstract: A transmission device for a door lock of a recreational vehicle comprises a first lock body and a second lock body that are detachably connected; the first lock body and/or the second lock body are provided with a transmission mechanism; the transmission mechanism comprises a deadbolt capable of sliding linearly and a first gear for pushing the deadbolt to slide; the radial surface of the first gear is provided with an eccentric part far away from the center of the gear, and the eccentric part is inserted into the deadbolt and is slidably connected with the deadbolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Inventor: Xunlan Xu
  • Patent number: 12337917
    Abstract: A brake disk lock includes a claw comprising a first claw section and a second claw section movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position of the claw, wherein, in the closed position, the claw comprises a predetermined clearing width so as to engage around a section of a brake disk of a two-wheeled vehicle. Further, the brake disk lock comprises a locking mechanism which is configured to lock the claw in the closed position, and an adjustment device configured to adjust the predetermined clearing width of the claw to different brake disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG
    Inventor: Martin Hommel
  • Patent number: 12281493
    Abstract: There is disclosed an exit trim that permits simplified changing of the handing of a lever handle between a left hand and a right hand orientation. The handing orientation of the lever handle can be repositioned without disassembling the exit trim or removing components positioned within the exit trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Jack R. Lehner, Jr., Joseph Janik
  • Patent number: 12276142
    Abstract: The present application improves operability. In the door opening/closing detection apparatus, the handle is axially supported rotatably on the base with the axis direction in vertical direction. When the handle's gripping portion is rotated from the neutral position to the push operation position rotated toward the outside of the vehicle, the first switch is activated by the handle's switch operation portion. Meanwhile, when the handle's gripping portion is rotated from the neutral position to the pull operation position rotated toward the interior of the vehicle, the handle's cam surface activates the second switch. This allows detection of operations on the handle while keeping the direction of push and pull operations on the gripping portion of the handle in line with the opening/closing direction of the door D. This allows the passenger to intuitively recognize the operation to the handle when opening and closing the door D, leading to improved operability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: U-Shin Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichi Miyata, Kazuhiro Fukui
  • Patent number: 12276137
    Abstract: A stepless adjustable electronic device locking apparatus has a fixing member, a stage adjusting mechanism, a driving mechanism, an unlocking member, and a lock. The driving mechanism selectively opens the fixing member to engage in an anti-theft hole based on a current one of working stages to which the stage adjusting mechanism adjusts. The unlocking member is able to close the fixing member. By separating adjustment of the working stages and movement of the fixing member, the movements of the fixing member do not interfere in the working stages. Therefore, the unlocking member can be applied to the driving mechanism to unlock. The fixing member can be closed to disengage from the anti-theft hole through the unlocking member without being reversely rotated and adjusting the working stages, so as to unlocking quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Sinox Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Wang, Chia-Ming Wu, Kuo-Kuang Pan
  • Patent number: 12276132
    Abstract: A striker assembly for a vehicle closure panel includes a striker plate and a striker. The striker plate has opposite sides with at least one opening. A body of the striker extends through the at least one opening outwardly from the opposite sides to opposite first and second end regions, the second end region being configured for latched engagement with a ratchet of a latch assembly. The body is releasably fixed in a first position relative to the striker plate during normal use conditions resulting in normal use forces being applied to the striker. The body is intentionally deformable under an abnormal condition resulting in abnormal, excessively high force being applied to the striker to allow the striker to automatically move relative to the striker plate from the first position to a second position to allow a vehicle closure panel to move outwardly relative to an adjacent vehicle body structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Magna BOCO GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Digel, Florian Scheffler
  • Patent number: 12264498
    Abstract: A key device (10) includes a generally elongate shaft portion (12), and at least one magnetic key combination element (20) disposed in the shaft portion (12), which is rotatable about a rotation axis (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Mul-T-Lock Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Effi Ben-Aharon, Asaf Bortman
  • Patent number: 12258796
    Abstract: A handle for a vehicle opening leaf includes an inner bracket mechanism and an outer bezel mechanism. The inner bracket mechanism is mounted from an inside of the opening leaf. The outer bezel mechanism is mounted from an outside of the opening leaf and is fixed to the inner bracket mechanism. The outer bezel mechanism includes a bezel and a grip mechanism. The bezel extends inward to an interior of the opening to allow access by a hand to the grip mechanism. The grip mechanism is configured to cooperate with a latch mechanism so as to unlatch the opening leaf. The grip mechanism is rotatably mounted on the outer bezel mechanism between a resting position in which the grip mechanism is flush with the opening leaf, and an opening position in which the grip mechanism drives the latch mechanism to unlatch the opening leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventor: Anthony Guerin
  • Patent number: 12215522
    Abstract: An electric control door lock includes an inner operational device, an outer operational device, and a latch bolt operably connected to the inner and outer operational devices. A rotating shaft is rotatably supported in an activation member and includes a driving threaded in threading connection with a driving spring. When the rotating shaft is driven by a motor to rotate, the driving spring moves along a longitudinal axis to actuate the activation member. Movement of the activation member is used to control operation of the outer operational device, thereby permitting or not permitting movement of the latch bolt to the unlatching position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: I-TEK METAL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsung-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 12209439
    Abstract: A novel electronic door lock includes a shell, an outer handle and an elastic sliding tongue arranged in the shell. The elastic sliding tongue is threaded out from a first opening of the shell. The outer handle acts on the elastic sliding tongue to push the elastic sliding tongue back to the shell from the first opening. The shell includes a first clutch device and a limiting member. The first clutch device includes a first motor and a first transmission assembly connected to the first motor in a transmission manner. The first transmission assembly is connected to the limiting member. The first transmission assembly drives the limiting member to move to limit the pushing performed by the outer handle on the elastic sliding tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: Shenzhen Hongzhong Lock Industry Co., Ltd., NOVUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Shitong Liang
  • Patent number: 12209442
    Abstract: This vehicle door handle device includes: a door handle provided to a vehicle door and shiftable between a stored state of being stored in the vehicle door and an exposed state of being exposed from a surface opening of the vehicle door, the door handle being configured to allow an opening operation of releasing a latch of the vehicle door in the exposed state; a door handle actuator configured to shift the door handle between the stored state and the exposed state; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect abnormality of a vehicle; and a control unit configured to control the door handle actuator so that the door handle shifts from the stored state to the exposed state when the abnormality is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Tokudome, Kenichiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 12203296
    Abstract: The application provides a mounting mechanism for a hidden vehicle door handle and a vehicle, and belongs to the technical field of vehicles. The mounting mechanism comprises an outer plate mounting element, a base element and tolerance absorption assemblies; the outer plate mounting element is configured to be disposed on the inner side of a vehicle door outer plate and integrally disposed on the vehicle door outer plate; the base element is configured to be connected with a handle and clamped and fixed to a designated mounting position by the outer plate mounting element; and the tolerance absorption assemblies are fixedly connected with the base element, disposed between mounting holes and bolts on a vehicle door outer plate reinforcing plate, and configured to absorb tolerances between the bolts and the mounting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinfei Guo, He Song, Xiuquan Xue, Zhijie He, Xi Chen, Fanxiang Meng, Jinzhong Kang
  • Patent number: 12203293
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of daily necessities, and in particular to a lock and a suitcase. The lock comprises: a lock main body, which is provided with an accommodating cavity, an opening, and a first through hole, and the opening and the first through hole both being in communication with the accommodating cavity; an elastic member, one end of which is fixed on the bottom of the accommodating cavity opposite the opening; and a clamping button, which comprises a button main body provided with a groove and a clamping boss obtained by extending from the button main body towards the groove, wherein the button main body is inserted into the accommodating cavity from the opening, the button main body is movable relative to the lock main body, the button main body abuts against the other end of the elastic member, and the clamping boss corresponds to the first through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: DURAFLEX HONG KONG LIMITED
    Inventor: Man Chak Chan
  • Patent number: 12196012
    Abstract: A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a base, a handle movable relative to the base between recessed and deployed positions, an actuator that is operable to move the handle between the positions, and a connection mechanism that pivots relative to the base to move the handle between the positions. The actuator operates to pull and release a cable to pivot the connection mechanism to move the handle. The connection mechanism, when the actuator is operated to pull the cable, pivots in a first direction to move the handle from the recessed toward the deployed position. A biasing element of the connection mechanism biases the connection mechanism in a second direction to move the handle toward the recessed position when the actuator releases the cable. Responsive to cable tension being reduced by a threshold amount, the connection mechanism adjusts to increase tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Connor G. Cervone
  • Patent number: 12196015
    Abstract: An embodiment structure includes a housing configured to be mounted on a door of a vehicle, a casing configured to be movable in the housing, a striker mounted at one side of the casing and configured to be fixed by being caught by a latch part or released, a casing guide unit connected to the casing and configured to guide a forward movement of the casing, an elastic force providing unit configured to apply elastic force in a rearward direction of the casing, and an operating unit configured to move the casing guide unit forward or rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyong-Don Kim, Chung-Sik Yim, Dae-Hee Lee, Yong-Hyun Nam, Kyu-Hoon Cho