Abstract: A building formwork apparatus includes a building formwork having a frame with a positioning hole and a locking hole, and a locking member including a first tapered section, a second tapered section connected to the first tapered section, and a threaded portion connected to the second tapered section. The positioning hole is configured to receive insertion of the locking member therethrough such that the first tapered section is retained therein and the second tapered section is exposed therefrom for connection with another building formwork apparatus. The locking hole is configured to receive a threaded portion and a second tapered section of a locking member of the another building formwork apparatus.

Abstract: A substantially flat key blade extends from a grip portion and has a connecting portion, a major longitudinal bitting portion and a free tip portion. The substantially flat key blade has a cross-sectional profile which, in the major longitudinal bitting portion, is confined within a rectangle having a height, measured in a vertical direction, being at least 2.5 times larger than a width thereof, and extends upwards in the vertical direction from a lower edge surface to an upper edge surface along a vertical mid-plane through the rectangle. A single upper part of the key blade has a relatively small lateral width being no more than 33% of the lower relatively wide part of the key blade and extends obliquely upwards at a relatively small inclinational angle in the interval 3° to 12° relative to a vertical plane.

Abstract: A key plug rotatable within a cylindrical bore of a cylinder lock. An upper relatively narrow part of a keyway has a small lateral width no more than 33% of the maximum width of a lower relatively wide part of the keyway and extends obliquely upwards along a first direction pointing away from a second lower side wall of a lower part and being inclined at a relatively small angle ?, in the interval 3° to 12°, relative to the vertical mid-plane. The sideways or lateral location of the upper relatively narrow part of the keyway is such that an imaginary downward extension thereof, substantially in a second direction opposite to the first direction down to an outer cylindrical contour of the key plug, will fall onto the outer cylindrical contour at a same second side of the vertical mid-plane and inside the second lower side wall of the keyway.

Abstract: A cover for a key is disclosed. The cover includes: a first wall; a second wall opposite to the first wall; and an outer wall extending between the first wall and the second wall, the outer wall defining a pair of slots extending therethrough, the slots being positioned opposite to each other on the outer wall, wherein the first wall, the second wall, and the outer wall define a closed chamber for receiving a bow of the key and an opening to the chamber.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel having a first curved portion and a second curved portion; a window on one surface of the display panel; and a circuit board connected to the display panel, wherein the display panel includes a front display portion and a side display portion which are separated by the first curved portion, and wherein the second curved portion includes a pad portion connected to the circuit board.

Abstract: Magnetic keys, bow caps and key components are described. In one aspect, the present application describes a key. The key includes a blade and a bow connected to the blade. The bow is for applying torque to the blade. The bow defines a key ring aperture located near a top of the bow. The top is the portion of the bow furthest from the blade. The key also include a magnet fixedly coupled to the bow by placement within the key ring aperture to provide a magnetic field on at least one side of the key.

Abstract: A lock system is provided. The system includes a lock (110) which includes a lock housing (118) having a cylindrical cavity (116) for receiving a rotatable lock core (112). The housing (118) has upon its internal surface a longitudinal slot (130). A substantially cylindrical lock core (112) arranged within the cylindrical cavity (116). The lock core (112) has a keyway (119) formed therein and extending longitudinally from an end face of the lock core (112). The lock core (112) further includes a plurality of guide bores (120) which extend outwardly from the keyway (119) and communicate therewith. Each guide bore (120) is adapted to receive a locking pin (122). Coding on a key blade (144) inserted into the keyway (119) causes each locking pin (122) to move along the respective guide bore (120). The lock core (112) further includes a recess (124) extending outwardly from the plurality of guide bores (120) and communicating therewith. The recess (124) is adapted to receive a sidebar (126).

Abstract: A key for a security device is provided. The key may include a housing and an actuation member operably engaged with the housing. The key may also include a mechanical component configured to disengage a mechanical member of a security device. The key may further include an electronic component configured to arm and/or disarm a monitoring circuit in electrical communication with a security device. The actuation member is configured to actuate the mechanical component and/or the electronic component.

Abstract: The invention concerns a key whose blade comprises axially a window (18) forming an opening throughout the thickness of the blade between two opposite faces thereof, and a set of rollers (20) mounted in series along said windows with each roller being mounted freely rotating around a spindle (22) fixed transversal to the window. More particularly, it concerns security keys designed to cooperate with a pin tumbler cylinder.

Abstract: This invention provides a combined fashion accessory and key. The fashion accessory includes a decorative head having front and back sides, an elongate shaft having first and second opposed ends. The first end of the elongate shaft is attached to the back side of the decorative head, and an elongate bar is pivotally connected to the second end of the elongate shaft. The elongate bar has at least one key feature at a first end thereof so that the elongate bar is a key. When the elongate bar is longitudinally aligned with said elongate shaft in a second locking position, the decorative head, in combination with the elongate shaft and the elongate bar provides a key functionality such that when the key feature is inserted into a lock and a user grips a grippable peripheral portion of the decorative head and rotates it, torque is applied to the elongate bar thus rotating it and the key feature to unlock the lock.

Abstract: A key and a lock cylinder, which are formed such that the guiding the key into the keyhole and the key canal occurs precisely and in a user-friendly manner. The precise placement of the key in relation to the lock cylinder and its parts enables even distribution of the forces directed onto the key and the lock cylinder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a key (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising:—a housing (3),—an insert (5, 7) mounted pivotally about a pivoting axis (A) and comprising a key-bit support (5) and a key bit (7),—a mechanism for deploying the insert (5, 7) mounted in said housing (3) and comprising: • a push button (19) axially received in a housing (21), and • an elastic return element (23) for the insert (5, 7), wherein a first end (23a) is connected to the insert (5, 7) at the support (5), said support (5) or said button (19) comprising two retaining lugs (39) ascending parallel to the pivoting axis (A) and positioned facing each other and symmetric relative to said pivoting axis (A), said retaining lugs (39) defining, on each side of the pivoting axis (A), a space (50) for the angular displacement of the first end (23a) or of the second end (23b) according to an angle of between 10° and 90°.

Abstract: A locking system is set forth having a key and a lock cylinder. The lock cylinder has a cylinder core journalled in a housing and having a keyway for inserting the key. A plurality of tumblers actuable by the key and an additional blocking element movably arranged in a guide passage of the cylinder core project into the keyway, said additional blocking element being displaceable obliquely or transversely to the direction of insertion of the key. The additional blocking element is made for cooperation with a counter-element arranged at the key blade with a key introduced up to the maximum insertion depth. The counter-element is in this respect arranged in a groove or recess starting from the key tip and extending in the longitudinal direction of the key blade.

Abstract: Described herein are several versions of concealed handcuff keys including a key concealed within a pouch as a zipper pull, a key concealed as a common pen cap/clip, a key concealed as a coin, a key concealed as a bootlace/shoelace end, and a key concealed within a receiver in the back side of a belt buckle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechatronic locking device comprising: a locking cylinder having a control circuit and a security key associated with the locking cylinder having a memory circuit, wherein informational signals can be exchanged between the control circuit of the locking cylinder and the memory circuit of the security key via a communication channel, wherein the security key further comprises a contact element which is connected to the memory circuit of the security key via a contact section integrated on the security key, wherein the locking cylinder further comprises a contact element which is connected to the control circuit of the locking cylinder, wherein the contact elements are electrically in contact to each other when the security key is inserted and wherein said communication channel conducts between the control circuit and the memory circuit via the contact section integrated in the security key and the two contact elements.

Abstract: An electronic small format interchangeable core (“SFIC”) lock is configured so that core locking features are electronically controlled, and keys can be electronically programmed to operate either as a normal user key able to open the lock or as a control key able to open the lock and to remove the SFIC cores. The same key will operate as a normal access key or as a control key, depending on how the key is programmed.

Abstract: A key for opening multiple axial pin locks has a base member with an indexing element and a number of lock pins, configured to match the keyways of the locks. The key has a microprocessor with access to information on the pin configuration for each lock to be opened, and the lock pins are selectively positioned along the base member to match the configuration of a key for a particular lock in response to the user entering an identification code for that lock. The lock pins can slidably engage recessed tracks in the base member, which serve to direct the lock pins parallel to an axis of the base member. A pin latching mechanism can be provided to secure the lock pins in the desired position.

Abstract: A latch system includes a latch and a key barrel operably coupled via a clutch to the latch. The clutch has an engaged condition where operation of the key barrel unlatches the latch, and the clutch has a disengaged condition where operation of the key barrel does not unlatch the latch.

Abstract: A key with a key light function comprising at least one light source (5), a storage circuit (20) for storing at least one code sequence, and a driver unit (10), which converts the stored form of the code sequence into a driving output for the light source (5), wherein the code sequence can be emitted by the light source (5) at a wavelength visible to humans by means of a temporal or color variation of the luminous flux, and the light source (5) can also be used as an orientation light.

Abstract: A lock assembly (1) comprises a rotary latch member (3) rotatable between a first, locking, position and a second, released, position, an actuator (23) for effecting rotation of the rotary latch member, and a rotary-drive mechanism between the actuator (23) and the rotary latch member (3) for transmitting a rotary drive to the rotary latch member. The rotary drive mechanism includes first and second members (3, 5) mounted for rotation about substantially parallel axes and having overlapping peripheral portions with sets of interengaging formations (19A, 20A and 19B, 20B), each set of interengaging formations comprising a recess (19A, 19B) extending radially inwardly from a peripheral portion of one of the first and second members and a post (20A, 20B) projecting in a direction generally parallel to the axes of rotation of the members and engagable in the recess.

Abstract: An organizing device including housing, cover, and sliding mechanism. The housing includes a cavity, at least one open end and at least one sliding mechanism opening extending in the longitudinal direction along the housing for receiving and retaining at least part of the sliding mechanism within the housing. The cover is removeably attached over the open end of the housing. Sliding mechanism includes an actuation portion or thumb actuator and mounting portion for mounting a key or other user device. The mounting portion of the sliding mechanism is positioned inside cavity of the housing and the actuation portion of the sliding mechanism extends though the sliding mechanism opening in the housing. In one implementation, the mounting mechanism may be permanently or removeably fixed to the user device. In the case of a key, the mounting mechanism may be mounted to the key blade to form the modified key.

Abstract: A key alignment system for safety interlock switches uses alignment holes, and alignment pins to compensate for misalignment between a body assembly and a key assembly. The misalignment is often due to normal wear and tear or outright abuse of a gate or other movable member that should be safely interlocked. The key is fixed to a floating plate connected to a mounting plate by a suspension. The alignment pins and holes on or in a fixed alignment assembly and the floating plate can move the floating plate into a position such that the key enters the key hole. Some embodiments incorporate the fixed alignment assembly into the body assembly. The normal function of a keyed safety interlock wherein the key can be caught and held or released is preserved and enhanced by compensating for misalignment.

Abstract: A casing and an electronic device using the same are provided. The casing is disposed at the electronic device. The casing includes a frame and a key mechanism. The frame has a first lateral plate and a second lateral plate. The first lateral plate having at least one hole and at least one hook is connected to the second lateral plate. The key mechanism has a base plate, at least one trough and at least one key. The key protrudes along an extending direction and inserts into the hole. The base plate is disposed between the second lateral plate and the hook. The hook is wedged with the trough for connecting the key mechanism and the frame.

Abstract: A lock key comprises a key blank (20) that has a gripping part (20a) and a key bit part (20b). A circuit board (34) that has mounted thereon electric circuits and a key contact part (35) connected electrically to the electric circuits are accommodated in a circuit board cradle (30) made of electrically non-conductive material. The circuit board cradle is fitted to the key blank. The placement of a circuit board and electric contact conductor in an electrically non-conductive material makes possible rational manufacture of the arrangement. Because the circuit board cradle made of electrically non-conductive material can be fixated in the key blank it is possible to position the electric contact conductor precisely, thereby ensuring a reliable electric contact function.

Abstract: A colored based lock and key, wherein the key includes a color indication incorporated thereon, and the lock includes a color sensor for identifying the color indication, so as to open the lock. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the key includes a blank or blanks on which at least one, and preferably a plurality of colors are incorporated. The blank or blanks can be formed of metal, plastic, or any other material on which colors or color emitting or color reflecting materials can be incorporated by various methods. According to other preferred embodiments of the present invention, the lock includes at least one color sensor arranged to sense the color incorporated on the key or on a predefined sequence of keys, when the key or keys are inserted in the lock, or put across the lock or rotated in the lock, and further includes a decision mechanism activated by an electric signal generated upon identification of the color incorporated on the key, to permit opening of the lock.

Abstract: A programmable electronic closure system has a lock for operation by a key when an identification code of the key and a corresponding code of the lock match. The closure system can be programmed to modify the code data in both the key and the lock using an input device.

Abstract: An apparatus for use with electronic and/or mechanical access control devices includes a holder which receives a removable insert which may include an electronic module with a cover member securing the insert to the holder. The holder may take various forms and may be in the form of a key ring, photo I.D. card, etc. The holder may be a key blank for forming a key that operates mechanical locks, in which case the insert may be a dummy insert or it may include electronic components for operating various types of electronic access control devices. A method of upgrading a key for operating a mechanical lock to a key for also operating an electronic access device is provided and involves replacing the insert in the key with an insert containing electronic components. The electronic components may utilize various technologies such as proximity-based access control.

Abstract: A key operating mechanism is embodied in an elongate housing having an axially disposed shaft defining a helical groove. A shaft end is provided with a key to which rotation is imparted by an actuator slidably disposed on the shaft. A drive member of the actuator cooperates with the helical groove in the shaft to impart rotation to the latter and may serve as a detent to prevent actuator movement. Spring elements, oppositely disposed from the actuator, serve to return the actuator to a neutral or static position wherefrom rotation in either direction may be imparted to the shaft. A thumb operated control button of the actuator slides within a housing defined slot during operation of the mechanism.

Abstract: A lock and key combination includes profile shapes extending along the lateral faces of the key which extend at an angle relative to the key spine to make acquisition of replacement key copies more difficult.

Abstract: For increased security the key (2; 40; 44) has one or more blade portions (43; 45; 46; 5, 6). The longitudinal central plane (A, B) of the or each blade portion is offset from the guide region (42; 7) running along the back edge of the key shaft (3). Furthermore, the or each blade portion is connected to the guide region by means of a bridging portion (14, 14') which forms an obtuse angle (alpha) with the guide region, as well as forming an obtuse angle with the blade portion. In one preferred embodiment two blade portions (45, 46; 5, 6) are provided; they may be of the same cross-sectional shape (FIG. 2) or symmetrical (FIG. 11). The blade portions and guide region may be divided into two portions to provide partner keys (FIG. 12).

Abstract: An ignition key consists of two structural units which are detachably connected to each other. One of the structural units contains the transmitter electronics and the key shank, while the other structural unit contains the battery and a button for connecting the battery to the transmitter electronics. The attachment of the two structural parts to each other is effected by means of dovetail guides.