Patents Examined by Yahya Sidky
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Patent number: 11834873Abstract: A motor vehicle lock includes at least one electric component carrier, and said electric component carrier is a modular element that includes at least one conductor, a switch and/or an additional component. The electric component carrier includes a separate housing and can be fastened to an outer surface of the motor vehicle lock.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Kiekert AGInventors: Radek Mazal, Jan Zejda
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Patent number: 11795730Abstract: Lock indicators useable to signal the locked or unlocked state of a lock at both sides of a door selectively secured by the lock. For example, the present disclosure provides locks having an entry function or an intruder function with an indicator viewable by occupants of an area secured by the lock. In another example, the present disclosure provides a lock having a privacy function with an indicator viewable from external of an area secured by the lock.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: dormakaba USA IncInventor: Brian H. Hood
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Patent number: 11788323Abstract: A door lock device for a household appliance, including a support body which can be attached to a structural element of the household appliance, and a movable deadlock designed to cooperate with a receiving seat of a door of the household appliance; the movable deadlock having: a locking tooth connected to the support body for translation and rotation relative to the latter along a predetermined trajectory to cooperate by a first end with the receiving compartment; a rod carried in axially sliding manner by the support body and connected by means of an articulated device to a second end of the locking tooth; first elastic compression means operatively associated with the rod and configured to push the rod toward the locking tooth; and a control device comprising a movable element carried by the support body and operatively associated with the locking tooth, cooperating during use with the door to insert the locking tooth in the receiving seat.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Dino Chirumbolo
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Patent number: 11781347Abstract: A lock assembly for a door includes a lock body for mounting above a door lever of the door and including a locking bolt supported in a housing of the lock body for movement between a retracted position and an extended position. The locking bolt is held in the retracted position and spring biased toward the extended position and releasable from the retracted position to move to the extended position in response to actuation of a trigger operatively coupled with the lock body. The lock assembly further includes a door lever assembly adapted for mounting on the door lever in rotative fixed relationship with the door lever, and operatively coupled with the locking bolt so that rotation of the door lever assembly causes movement of the locking bolt from the extended position to the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SECURITECH GROUP, INC.Inventor: Mark J Berger
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Patent number: 11773627Abstract: A lockout padlock controls access to a hazardous energy source control box. The control box has a box body and a door that closes the box body. The door has an aperture. A staple is connected to the box body and the staple extends through the aperture in the door of the control box. A first lockout hinge part has a first lockout hinge part padlock hole. A second lockout hinge part has a second lockout hinge part padlock hole. The first lockout hinge part and the second lockout hinge part are position together to form a padlock pocket. A first padlock is positioned and locked in the staple. The first padlock is positioned in said padlock pocket and covered by said first lockout hinge part and said second lockout hinge part. A second padlock is positioned in the first lockout hinge part padlock hole and in said second lockout hinge part padlock hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Dione Ancheta, Raymond A. Swan
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Patent number: 11767689Abstract: A lock mechanism is provided for use with a door assembly. The lock mechanism includes a lock bracket configured to connect to a door or hatch; a lock pin can be selectively moved between an engaged position in which the lock pin engages the lock bracket and a disengaged position in which the lock pin does not engage the lock bracket; and a linkage assembly connected to the lock pin and configured to be actuated to reversibly move the lock pin between the engaged position and the disengaged position, and a door or hatch release device can switch the lock pin from the engaged position to the disengaged position if the door or hatch release device is actuated after the linkage assembly has moved the lock pin into the engaged position.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies CorporationInventor: Gunneet Singh
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Patent number: 11753847Abstract: A locking module for selectively coupling a first component and a second component of a lockable device includes a housing and a magnet arranged within said housing. A locking element is movable relative to said housing between an unlocked position and a locked position. An engagement member is rotatable about an axis to selectively decouple said locking element from said magnet to move said locking element between said unlocked position and said locked position.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Lawrence Binek, Joseph Zacchio
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Patent number: 11753851Abstract: A lock assembly is provided and includes: a driving member; an acting member connected to the driving member; an active member cooperating with the acting member for operation; and a main lock member interlocked with the active member. The driving member drives the acting member to swing and the acting member touches the active member so as to displace the active member and synchronously displace the main lock member. Therefore, the lock assembly is buried in a door frame through cooperation of the driving member, the acting member and the active member, so as to be protected from being damaged or stolen.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: THASE ENTERPRISE CO., LTDInventors: Jui-Ming Chen, Ching-Tien Lin
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Patent number: 11753854Abstract: An activation installation for a motor vehicle door having a distribution installation and a flexible transmission means. The distribution installation has a first input and first and second outputs, and is configured for distributing an activation movement to two functional units. The flexible transmission means is configured for transmitting the activation movement at least in portions from the distribution installation to the first or second functional unit. In the assembled state, on a first portion of an activation movement that acts on the first input of the distribution installation, the first input for transmitting the activation movement in portions to the second functional unit is coupled or is to be coupled to the second output. At the commencement of a second portion of the activation movement, the first input and the second output for interrupting the transmission of the activation movement to the second functional unit are decoupled.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KommanditgesellschaftInventor: Andreas Otto
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Patent number: 11732514Abstract: A closure latch assembly for a motor vehicle closure system includes a power release mechanism and an inside handle release mechanism mechanically connected to an inside door handle. The power release mechanism is used to shift the inside handle release mechanism from a normally Disengaged operating state to an Engaged operating state. In the Disengaged state, the inside handle release mechanism is uncoupled from the latch release chain of components to prevent latch release via actuation of the inside door handle. In the Engaged state, the inside handle release mechanism is coupled for the latch release chain of components to permit latch release via actuation of the inside door handle. The power release mechanism only shifts the inside release mechanism from its Disengaged state into its Engaged state in the event of an emergency condition.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.Inventor: Marco Taurasi
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Patent number: 11725416Abstract: An adapter for either a handle set or a lever set door lever is equipped with a pair of springs to provide a pre-load on the spindle. The pre-load prevents sagging of the lever due to the large mass of the lever. A sleeve in the adapter is formed out of a compressible material that accepts the spindle in a press-fit configuration. This allows for greater manufacturing tolerances while still providing a solid and secure engagement between the spindle and the adapter. As a result, any free play in the lever is eliminated and the lever is maintained in a horizontal, home position when the lever is not in use. Following use through rotation of the lever, the springs promptly return the lever back to the home position while the sleeve prevents any slop or free-play in the lever's motion.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Inventors: James Lin, Eric Xin, Doo Fai Yip
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Patent number: 11719028Abstract: A door locking device has a body with an overhanging ledge to mate with a bottom edge of a door. The body has a sliding member that is captured to the body and an eccentric cam with a faceted perimeter surface that rotates about an eccentric axis. When the eccentric cam rotates, the sliding member is moved from a retracted position toward an extended position. The sliding member has a foot portion that contacts a portion of the floor to lock the door by applying pressure between the floor and the bottom edge of the door. An arm is affixed to the eccentric cam and has a folding handle.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Inventor: Nikolas Ackerman
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Patent number: 11692374Abstract: A lock mechanism is configured to be arranged on one of a first object and a second object movable relative to each other. The lock mechanism includes a driving device and a locking member. The locking member is configured to be driven by the driving device to move between a first position and a second position in a non-rotatable manner. When the locking member is located at the first position, the locking member is configured to lock the other one of the first object and the second object. When the locking member is located at the second position, the locking member is does not lock the other one of the first object and the second object.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Chun-Ta Liu, Hsin-Cheng Su, Chih-Te Chuang, Shu-Chen Lin
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Patent number: 11643845Abstract: An electronic lock with a latch assembly, an interior assembly, and an exterior assembly. The latch assembly includes a bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The assembly includes an internal spring actuating mechanism. The assembly also includes a touch keypad subassembly configured to detect touches to at least a portion of its surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.Inventors: Alan Uyeda, James Lin
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Patent number: 11639615Abstract: An escape hatch for an aircraft includes a door body having an exterior side and an interior side opposite the exterior side; an exterior handle movably connected to the door body, the exterior handle rotatable between a stowed position, in which the exterior handle is recessed within an opening of the door body, and an unstowed position, the exterior handle being accessible from the exterior side of the door body to open the door; and a visual indicator connected to the door body and visible from the interior side of the door body only when the exterior handle is in the stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.Inventors: John Richard Savidge, Christopher Gardere, Jean-Philippe Demers, David Riviere, Remi Crozier, Goran Kalaba, Patrick Serres
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Patent number: 11624220Abstract: A security device can be provided to selectively restrict or prevent the opening of a sliding door, sliding window, or other sliding panel or other closure. For example, the security device can include a base plate that selectively engages a barricade member (or lock rail). While the barricade member is engaged with the base plate (in a locked state), the barricade member and base plate cooperate to restrict or prevent the sliding door, window, panel or other closure from moving to an open position (or moving out of a closed position). The barricade member can be moved relative to the base plate (to an unlocked state) to allow unrestricted movement of the sliding door, window, panel or other closure. The security device can include stop members that may restrict or prevent complete removal of the barricade member from the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Inventors: Joseph Curtis Taylor, Jack Roy Taylor, Jack Michal Taylor
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Patent number: 11613919Abstract: A locking apparatus for a pet cage is disclosed. The locking apparatus comprises a turntable rotatable about a central axis of rotation; at least one elongate metal lock bar, where elongate metal lock bar is configured to extend along a radial line originating from the axis of rotation of the turntable and a connecting member for operably connecting the elongate metal lock bar and the turntable. The connecting member comprises a forwardly extending portion for receiving a front section of the elongate metal lock bar and fixing a retained end of the elongate metal lock bar to the connecting member and a rearward extending portion which extends parallel with and is outwardly offset from the forwardly extending portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: NINGBO HONGDU MODEL PLASTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinchun Zhang, Xudong Gong, Chengchao Zhang
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Patent number: 11585120Abstract: An electric strike system including a housing, a keeper, an actuator, and a plurality of ramp members. The keeper is pivotally mounted to the housing, and is pivotable about a longitudinal axis between a closed position and an open position. The actuator is operable to selectively retain the keeper in the closed position. Each ramp member is operable to be mounted to the housing and includes a corresponding and respective channel. The plurality of ramp members includes a first ramp member and a second ramp member. With the first ramp member mounted to the housing, the channel of the first ramp member has a first longitudinal position relative to the housing. With the second ramp member mounted to the housing, the channel of the second ramp member has a second longitudinal position relative to the housing. The second longitudinal position is different from the first longitudinal position.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventor: Paul R. Arlinghaus
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Patent number: 11585115Abstract: A small angle latch is disclosed which moves a latch bolt from a fully extended position to a retracted position wherein the latch bolt is substantially flush with an outer surface of a faceplate through a rotation of an input device, such as a lever, in the range of from about 25 degrees to about 35 degrees, without exceeding a maximum torque upon the input member of 28 inch-pounds.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: dormakaba USA Inc.Inventors: Steven M. C. Chen, Sam P. Y. Chen, Newman C. W. Lai
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Patent number: 11549283Abstract: A lock unit of an electric locking device comprises a lock housing, a keeper, an inhibitor and a latch bolt. A second end of the latch bolt is positioned outwardly and cooperates with the inhibitor when in a locked orientation. The keeper includes a keeper shaft having a shaft axis of rotation, wherein said keeper is rotatable about said keeper shaft between first and second rotational positions, wherein the keeper is movable between first and second directional positions relative to the lock housing, wherein the movement between the first and second directional positions is generally linear, wherein when the keeper is held in the first rotational position and the first directional position by the inhibitor, the door is secured to the door frame, and wherein when the keeper is in the second rotational position and the second directional position, the door is allowed to move away from said door frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.Inventor: Scott P. Sullivan