Patents by Inventor Bernhard Garthe

Bernhard Garthe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260117560
    Abstract: A luggage lock for securing a piece of luggage that can be opened non-destructively by a security institution has a combination locking mechanism at which a numerical code can be manually set to selectively lock a securing section of the piece of luggage relative to the luggage lock or to release the securing section and to allow an opening of the piece of luggage. The securing section can be released by setting a numerical code that corresponds to a release code and can be locked by setting a numerical code that does not correspond to the release code. The release code can be changed by an owner of the piece of luggage. Furthermore, the luggage lock includes an identification device that provides a lock identification code that is individually associated with the luggage lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventor: Bernhard GARTHE
  • Publication number: 20260096640
    Abstract: An electronic luggage lock for securing a piece of luggage that can be opened by a security institution without destruction includes an electromechanical locking mechanism by which a securing section of the piece of luggage can be selectively locked or released relative to the luggage lock, a control device, and an identification device that provides a wirelessly readable lock identification code. The control device is connected to a code receiving device that is configured to receive an opening code via a wireless connection, the control device is configured to compare the received opening code with a stored release code and to control the electromechanical locking mechanism to release the securing section if the received opening code matches the stored release code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventor: Bernhard GARTHE
  • Patent number: 11459152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lockout box for locking in objects comprising an upwardly open container; and a cover that is pivotably movably fastened to the container via a joint between a closed position and an open position, wherein the cover is provided with a carry handle for the lockout box at its upper side; wherein a plurality of securing openings are provided in the cover and in the container for the attachment of a plurality of locking elements in order to fix the cover to the container in the closed position; and wherein a closure is provided that enables a carrying of the lockout box at the carry handle in the closed position even when locking elements are not hung in. The cover is linearly displaceably attached to the joint via an adjustment mechanism between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ABUS AUGUST BREMICKER SÖHNE KG
    Inventors: Bettina Riepe, Bernhard Garthe
  • Patent number: 11214988
    Abstract: A lockout padlock for securing a switch of an industrial plant comprises a lock housing composed of plastic, a hoop, a lock cylinder that has a cylinder housing and a rotatable cylinder core, and a key, with the cylinder core being rotatable between a locked position in which the hoop is locked or lockable to the lock housing and an unlocked position. The lock cylinder has a plurality of tumblers, with each tumbler being movable between a respective release position and a respective blocking position. The plurality of tumblers comprise a plurality of pin tumblers that are spring-loaded in the direction of their respective blocking positions. The plurality of tumblers furthermore comprise a plurality of supplementary tumblers that are not spring-loaded and that are freely movably supported between their respective release positions and their respective blocking positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Soehne KG
    Inventors: Wai Kuen Fan, Bernhard Garthe, Manuel Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210002049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lockout box for locking in objects comprising an upwardly open container; and a cover that is pivotably movably fastened to the container via a joint between a closed position and an open position, wherein the cover is provided with a carry handle for the lockout box at its upper side; wherein a plurality of securing openings are provided in the cover and in the container for the attachment of a plurality of locking elements in order to fix the cover to the container in the closed position; and wherein a closure is provided that enables a carrying of the lockout box at the carry handle in the closed position even when locking elements are not hung in. The cover is linearly displaceably attached to the joint via an adjustment mechanism between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bettina RIEPE, Bernhard GARTHE
  • Publication number: 20190323268
    Abstract: A lockout padlock for securing a switch of an industrial plant comprises a lock housing composed of plastic, a hoop, a lock cylinder that has a cylinder housing and a rotatable cylinder core, and a key, with the cylinder core being rotatable between a locked position in which the hoop is locked or lockable to the lock housing and an unlocked position. The lock cylinder has a plurality of tumblers, with each tumbler being movable between a respective release position and a respective blocking position. The plurality of tumblers comprise a plurality of pin tumblers that are spring-loaded in the direction of their respective blocking positions. The plurality of tumblers furthermore comprise a plurality of supplementary tumblers that are not spring-loaded and that are freely movably supported between their respective release positions and their respective blocking positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Wai Kuen FAN, Bernhard Garthe, Manuel Thomas
  • Patent number: 10400480
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable locking system which comprises a cable and a cable clamp having a first lever with a planar surface and having a second lever with a planar surface. The second lever is connected to the first lever in an articulated manner such that the two levers can be moved between a release position in which they are angled toward one another and a clamping position in which their planar surfaces contact one another and together define an opening for clamping the cable whose clear opening area decreases with an increasing approach to the clamping position. The first lever is interspersed in a locking region by a plurality of passage openings which are aligned with corresponding passage openings in the clamping position by which the second lever is interspersed in a locking region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ABUS AUGUST BREMICKER SOHNE KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Garthe, Bettina Riepe
  • Patent number: 10119303
    Abstract: A padlock for securing and monitoring a switch of an industrial plant has a lock housing of plastic, furthermore a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock housing and a lock cylinder which is arranged in the lock housing and can selectively be brought from an open position into a locked position to lock the hoop to the lock housing. An RFID transponder is arranged in the lock housing. A securing and monitoring system for a switch of an industrial plant includes at least one such padlock and a mobile RFID reading device or an RFID reading device permanently attached in the environment of the switch, said RFID reading device being configured to read out the RFID transponder of the padlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG
    Inventor: Bernhard Garthe
  • Patent number: 9938061
    Abstract: A lockout box for locking in objects, in particular keys, comprises a container having an upwardly open reception space for the objects and comprises a cover attached, in particular pivotably, to the container for closing the reception space, wherein the cover is adjustable from a closed position in which the reception space is closed into at least one open position in which the reception space is open, with a plurality of securing openings being provided in the cover and in the container for attaching a plurality of locking elements, in particular padlocks, and with at least one fastening device being provided at the container and being designed to attach the container to a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ABUS AUGUST BREMICKER SOHNE KG
    Inventor: Bernhard Garthe
  • Patent number: 9689179
    Abstract: A padlock including a lock body, a shackle having two shanks with grooves for receipt of respective locking elements, and a pin which can be rotated by a lock cylinder core for moving the locking elements into their locking position. The pin has an engagement element configured to cooperate with an entrainer formation on the lock cylinder core. The padlock also includes a blocking plate located between the pin and the lock cylinder core and which is fastened in the lock body. The blocking plate has an opening through which the entrainer formation projects into the plane of the engagement element. The opening is configured such that, on the one hand, rotational movement of the lock cylinder core is possible and, on the other hand, a marginal region of the opening forms an abutment engageable with the entrainer formation for restricting rotational movement of the lock cylinder core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ABUS AUGUST BREMICKER SOHNE KG
    Inventors: Wai Kuen Fan, Bernhard Garthe
  • Patent number: 9631401
    Abstract: A padlock comprises a lock body, a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock body, a cylinder core into which at least one core pin is inserted and which is supported directly in a reception opening rotatable about a cylinder axis in order selectively to lock or release the hoop at the lock body, and a tumbler housing into which at least one housing pin is inserted and which is received in a fixed position in the lock body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Sohne KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Garthe, Wai Kuen Fan
  • Publication number: 20160201358
    Abstract: A padlock for securing and monitoring a switch of an industrial plant has a lock housing of plastic, furthermore a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock housing and a lock cylinder which is arranged in the lock housing and can selectively be brought from an open position into a locked position to lock the hoop to the lock housing. An RFID transponder is arranged in the lock housing. A securing and monitoring system for a switch of an industrial plant includes at least one such padlock and a mobile RFID reading device or an RFID reading device permanently attached in the environment of the switch, said RFID reading device being configured to read out the RFID transponder of the padlock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Bernhard Garthe
  • Patent number: 9388606
    Abstract: A cable locking system comprises a housing, a cable whose one end is fastened or fastenable to the housing and whose other end can be introduced into a cable passage formed in the housing, a clamping device for clamping the cable in the cable passage and an actuation element which is adjustable between a closed position, in which the actuation element is fastenable to the housing by means of locking elements, in particular padlocks, and an open position in order selectively to adjust at least one clamp jaw of the clamping device between a holding position clamping the cable in the cable passage and a release position releasing the cable. The adjustment of the clamp jaw between the holding position and the release position comprises a pivot movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ABUS AUGUST BREMICKER SOHNE KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Garthe, Manuel Thomas
  • Patent number: 9322196
    Abstract: A padlock for securing a switch of an industrial plant comprises a lock body and a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock body, wherein the lock body has a lock housing composed of plastic, a lock cylinder having a rotatable cylinder core, and a rotatable latching member, wherein the cylinder core and the latching member are rotationally fixedly coupled to one another by means of a coupling element and wherein the latching member is rotatable from a release position into a latching position to lock the hoop at the lock body. The padlock is characterized in that the coupling element has at least one first bearing section, one second bearing section and therebetween a shaft section between the latching member and the lock cylinder, said shaft section connecting the first bearing section to the second bearing section and having a smaller diameter than the two bearing sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Garthe, Wai Kuen Fan, Manuel Thomas
  • Publication number: 20150361691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable locking system which comprises a cable and a cable clamp having a first lever with a planar surface and having a second lever with a planar surface. The second lever is connected to the first lever in an articulated manner such that the two levers can be moved between a release position in which they are angled toward one another and a clamping position in which their planar surfaces contact one another and together define an opening for clamping the cable whose clear opening area decreases with an increasing approach to the clamping position. The first lever is interspersed in a locking region by a plurality of passage openings which are aligned with corresponding passage openings in the clamping position by which the second lever is interspersed in a locking region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Bernhard GARTHE, Bettina RIEPE
  • Patent number: 9200473
    Abstract: A rekeyable lock cylinder and a padlock with a rekeyable lock cylinder includes a cylindrical core formed to receive a key and an outer casing formed around the core. The cylinder core may be provided with one or more reconfiguration channels. Pins and springs mounted in openings formed in a spring holder connected to the casing can be removed through the one or more reconfiguration channels when the reconfiguration channels in the core align with assembly openings in the casing and the pin openings in the spring holder, thereby allowing the adaptation of the number of pins mounted in the lock cylinder to the number of cuts provided in the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG
    Inventors: Wai Kuen Fan, Bernhard Garthe
  • Patent number: 9194159
    Abstract: The invention relates to a padlock in particular to a padlock for securing and monitoring a switch of an industrial plant. The invention further relates to a set of padlocks, to a padlock housing and to a method of retrofitting a padlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG
    Inventor: Bernhard Garthe
  • Publication number: 20150315822
    Abstract: A cable locking system comprises a housing, a cable whose one end is fastened or fastenable to the housing and whose other end can be introduced into a cable passage formed in the housing, a clamping device for clamping the cable in the cable passage and an actuation element which is adjustable between a closed position, in which the actuation element is fastenable to the housing by means of locking elements, in particular padlocks, and an open position in order selectively to adjust at least one clamp jaw of the clamping device between a holding position clamping the cable in the cable passage and a release position releasing the cable. The adjustment of the clamp jaw between the holding position and the release position comprises a pivot movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Bernhard GARTHE, Manuel THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20150314933
    Abstract: A lockout box for locking in objects, in particular keys, comprises a container having an upwardly open reception space for the objects and comprises a cover attached, in particular pivotably, to the container for closing the reception space, wherein the cover is adjustable from a closed position in which the reception space is closed into at least one open position in which the reception space is open, with a plurality of securing openings being provided in the cover and in the container for attaching a plurality of locking elements, in particular padlocks, and with at least one fastening device being provided at the container and being designed to attach the container to a wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: Bernhard GARTHE
  • Patent number: D738187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG
    Inventor: Bernhard Garthe