Patents by Inventor Nimbennappa Gani

Nimbennappa Gani 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).

  • Side mounted privacy lock for a residential door
    Patent number: 9982455
    Abstract: A door lock includes a latch assembly positioned at least partially within the door and movable between an engaged position in which the door is held in a closed position and a disengaged position in which the door is movable from a closed position to an open position. An outside spindle is rotatable about an axis and an inside spindle is rotatable about the axis to move the latch assembly between the engaged position and the disengaged position. A locking plate is movable along the axis between a locked position in which the outside spindle is fixed and an unlocked position in which the outside spindle and the inside spindle are each rotatable and a privacy lock actuator positioned on the inside of the door and movable in a direction substantially normal to the axis to move the locking plate between the locked position and the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Rohith Badhya, Sajil J. Mathachan, Mohammed M. Ali, Nimbennappa Gani, Mayur Anandache
  • SIDE MOUNTED PRIVACY LOCK FOR A RESIDENTIAL DOOR
    Publication number: 20140191516
    Abstract: A door lock includes a latch assembly positioned at least partially within the door and movable between an engaged position in which the door is held in a closed position and a disengaged position in which the door is movable from a closed position to an open position. An outside spindle is rotatable about an axis and an inside spindle is rotatable about the axis to move the latch assembly between the engaged position and the disengaged position. A locking plate is movable along the axis between a locked position in which the outside spindle is fixed and an unlocked position in which the outside spindle and the inside spindle are each rotatable and a privacy lock actuator positioned on the inside of the door and movable in a direction substantially normal to the axis to move the locking plate between the locked position and the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Rohith Badhya, Sajil J. Mathachan, Mohammed M. Ali, Nimbennappa Gani, Mayur Anandache