Abstract: A door lock device includes a lever mechanism which carries out lock/unlock operation in response to turn operation of a key cylinder. The lever mechanism includes a key rotor which includes a coupling hole to which an inner end of a rod is coupled in a torque transmittable manner and is rotatably assembled to a housing, and a key lever which includes a hub which is coupled to the key rotor in a torque transmittable manner and is arranged in the housing. The key lever includes a first arm which extends to radial outward direction from the hub and is capable of engaging with a first engagement portion of the active lever, and a second arm which extends to radial outward direction from the hub and is capable of engaging with a second engagement portion of the active lever.

Abstract: A locking system is mounted to a door with three rods extending therefrom. The rods have a locked position extending beyond the periphery of the door and an unlocked position not extending beyond the periphery of the door. Three rod receivers are adapted to receive the three rods in the locked position. A handle rotatably engages cam plates which are operatively engaged with the rods whereby rotation of the handle rotates the cam which moves the rod ends from one position to the other. A locking tab extends forwardly from the lower cam plate into a recess and is engaged by a circular lock while the recess prevents movement of the engaged circular lock. A second locking tab extends forwardly from the rod-locking link and a stationary to locking tab is aligned thereto. Both locking tabs are engaged by a padlock preventing movement of the rod-locking link.

Abstract: An improved T-handle lock assembly for locking a movable member to a stationary member. The lock assembly includes a T-handle lock having a threaded shaft extending therefrom. The threaded shaft is provided with a carriage mounted thereon, the carriage provided with a pair of spaced apart rollers, all mounted on the moveable member. The stationary member is provided with a plate having a carriage receiving opening formed therein. The rear surface of the plate has a pair of opposed ramp surfaces formed thereon which accepts the rollers of the carriage to ride thereon between an open ramped down position to a closed ramped up position. The rear surface of the plate also includes stop means to form a stop position when the carriage has been rotated from the open ramped down position to the locked ramped up position.

Abstract: A door locking apparatus that can be used for both manual operating specifications and automatic operating specifications and that is capable of miniaturization and weight reduction in a use for the manual operating specifications includes a latch mechanism, a door opening mechanism and a manual locking mechanism wherein, a first housing (10) in which the door opening mechanism and the manual locking mechanism are disposed and a second housing (42) in which an automatic locking mechanism that moves the door opening mechanism to the unlocking position or the locking position based on an input of an electric signal is disposed are provided, and a second housing attaching portion (23) to which the second housing (42) can be attached is provided on the first housing (10).

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that integrate a subscriber's communication services, including home wireline communication services, and a service-entity communication services are presented. User equipment (UE) is associated with a subscription for communication services, comprising wireline and wireless communication services, of a subscriber. The UE communicates with an enhanced service management component (ESMC) associated with a service entity to facilitate integration of at least a portion of the subscriber's communication services with the service entity's communication services while the UE is registered with the ESMC.

Abstract: A door lock includes an engaging member having a lock core hole. The lock core hole includes a large section and a small section. The large section is formed in an end of the engaging member that is detachably received in a shank of an outer handle. An interchangeable lock core is removably received in the large section. An end of an outer spindle is extended out of a lock body of the door lock and is detachably received in the small section of the lock core hole of the engaging member. The lock core has an outline corresponding to the large section of the engaging member. The lock core can be removed and replaced with a new one. The engaging member can be detached from the outer spindle and the outer handle and replaced with a new engaging member corresponding to the outline of the new lock core.

Abstract: A door includes an exterior-facing surface, an inner structure, and a latch mechanism. The door also includes a key-cylinder attached to and accessible from the exterior-facing surface, and adapted to selectively lock and unlock the latch mechanism, and a pawl adapted to be rotated by the key-cylinder to unlock the latch mechanism. Furthermore, the door includes a feature arranged on the inner structure and aligned with the key-cylinder, and a component connected to the key-cylinder, aligned with and extending into the feature without contacting the inner structure. The component is configured to not impede the rotation of the pawl when the component is aligned with the feature. Additionally, the component is configured to restrict angular movement of the key-cylinder with respect to the door, when the key-cylinder is forcibly manipulated thereby causing the component to contact the inner structure.

Abstract: Door systems and door hardware components are described herein, along with methods of installing the door systems and components.

Abstract: An electric door lock includes a door latch mechanism movable between latching and unlatching positions, a manual operation mechanism, and first and second rotatable members. The manual operation mechanism is manually operable to drive movement of the door latch mechanism between the latching and unlatching positions. The first rotatable member is rotatable about an axis, and includes a rotary body and a clutch mechanism. The clutch mechanism is disposed resiliently on the rotary body and is movable parallel to the axis toward and away from the rotary body. The second rotatable member is coupled to the manual operation mechanism for co-rotation therewith, and has one side that confronts the first rotatable member and that is provided with a pushed unit.

Abstract: A thin lock has a housing, a core assembly mounted in the housing, multiple pin assemblies arranged longitudinally in the core assembly, and a latch assembly mounted through the housing and selectively activates the core assembly and the pin assemblies. Thus, when the thin lock is mounted on a door panel, numbers of the pin assemblies does not relate to a thickness of the door panel. Therefore, the numbers of the pin assemblies are able to be added to increase the complexity and enhance the safety of the thin lock according to user's need.

Abstract: An electrical door-locking device includes screws which are rotatable in a forwards and backwards direction, and are placed in line on one side of a door frame in the direction in which the electrical door main body slides; locking hooks located adjacent to the screws; and a sliding unit equipped with a rotatably-provided locking lever having a latch for latching onto the locking hooks when the electrical door main body is closed and is equipped with a locking-lever-pressing part for pressing the locking lever such that the latch of the locking lever unlatches from the locking hooks, and one end of which is rotatably linked to the screws and the other end of which is linked to the electrical door main body.

Abstract: A kind of cylindrical lock, this lock able to be installed on a door, includes: one transmission structure which can operate a drive base, this drive base gearing a latch mechanism; this latch mechanism having: one tubular shaped element, which can be coupled to a handle for actuation; a tube, which can be rotated and inserted into the tubular shaped element; one pushing part, having one side with at least one pushing section, this pushing section able to push the drive base at the appropriate time; a collar, which can be set on one end of the tubular shaped element, a meshing section formed on one end of the collar; an engaging element, partly installed in this pushing part, one meshing section formed on this engaging element, and this engaging element having at least one pushable section; one rotating part, having at least one pushing portion, each pushing portion at the appropriate time pushing the adjacent pushable section of the engaging element; one lock set, having a lock core linked to one transmissio

Abstract: The present invention provides an electric door-locking apparatus, and an electric door comprising same. The electric door-locking apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a locking switch arranged at a door frame to check the locked status of an electric door body when the electric door body is closed; a screw rotatable in the forward and backward directions; a locking roller guide arranged at the door frame in the vicinity of the screw; and a sliding unit, one end of which is rotatably connected to the screw and the other end of which is connected to the electric door body. The electric door-locking apparatus according to the present invention has a structure which enables simple and easy operation, improves the reliability of the locking function, reduces the risk of failure and erroneous operation, and enables easy manufacture and maintenance to reduce manufacturing costs and maintenance costs as compared to conventional apparatuses.

Abstract: In a lock drive train, the combination includes a pivoted lock bolt to be carried by a door, a casing, a rotary cylinder operatively rotatable during door opening or closing, a rack driven endwise in response to cylinder rotation, a gear rotatable by the driven rack, a pivoted lock dog driven by the gear, a bolt release lever, pivotable by the gear, between angular positions in which it is retained by the lock dog, the angular positions corresponding to extended and retracted positions of the bolt.

Abstract: A container electronic seal device and a method of operating the container electronic seal device are provided. The container electronic seal device is installed on a door locking rod and a lock handle provided in a container door. The apparatus includes a body unit, a locking arm unit, and an electronic parts unit. The body unit is disposed around part of the door locking rod and part of the lock handle, and is provided with a through hole, a guide opening, and an access port. The locking arm unit rotates and fastens the lock handle inserted into the guide opening of the body unit. The electronic parts unit selectively performs locking and unlocking depending on whether a security authentication file of the external memory is normal and monitors illegitimate opening. The container electronic seal device is selectively locked and unlocked using the external memory storing a security authentication file.

Abstract: A closure means comprising a dish, having a perimeter flange, at least one side wall, a dish floor and a recessed area defined by the at least one side wall and the dish floor; and an opening formed in the dish floor of suitable size and shape to receive at least a part of a correspondingly shaped latching mechanism therethrough, wherein the latching mechanism comprises a non-rotatory outer housing and a rotatable inner actuator and wherein any gap existing between the opening and the latching mechanism is substantially reduced to minimise any fluid leakage therethrough.

Abstract: A vehicle door locking device Ao is provided with an open mechanism A1, a lock mechanism A2, and an electric actuator A3, and also provided with a housing 10 accommodating these elements. An emergency operation member 42 manually operable from the indoor side of a door is assembled into the housing 10. A shaft portion 42a of the emergency operation member 42 is rotatably assembled into a support portion of the housing 10 instead of a key lock lever capable of driving by a mechanical key operation to a key cylinder positioned on the outer side of a vehicle.

Abstract: A locking assembly for a door having an outer side, an inner side and a sidewall and has an exterior assembly, a cylinder and an interior assembly. The exterior assembly is mounted on the outer side of the door and has an outside mounting seat, a press-button, a transmitting device, a transmitting board, an engaging wheel and a rotating spindle. The cylinder is mounted in the exterior assembly and has a cylinder-transmitting panel. The multi-point latch is mounted in the sidewall of the door and is connected to the exterior assembly and the cylinder. The interior assembly is mounted on the inner side of the door, is connected to the exterior assembly and the cylinder and has an inside mounting seat, a operating handle, a switch, a linking device, a seat board, an inside reset spring and a switch mount.

Abstract: A locking assembly for a door having an outer side, an inner side and a sidewall and has an exterior assembly, a latch and an interior assembly. The exterior assembly is securely mounted on the outer side of the door and has a mounting seat, a press-button, a transmitting device, a transmitting board, a hooking wheel, an engaging wheel, a rotating spindle and a driving shaft. The latch is securely mounted in the sidewall of the door, is connected to the exterior assembly and has a mounting end, a locking end, a latch bar and a rotating hole. The interior assembly is securely mounted on the inner side of the door, is connected to the exterior assembly and the latch and has an outer side, an inner side, a rotating mount, an inside reset spring, a driving square hole and a rotating button.

Abstract: An anti theft locking system for the cargo carrying portion of a truck, trailer, shipping container, and/or railcar having at least one access door. The anti theft locking mechanism and associated signal processing means for locking the access door are all located entirely within the cargo carrying portion and cannot be accessed from outside. The locking mechanism can be locked in response to a coded locking signal generated from the exterior of the cargo carrying portion. The locking mechanism can be unlocked in response to a coded unlocking signal generated from a remote location.

Abstract: In a door lock assembly, a push/pull handle is connected to a slide plate through an actuator. When the handle is operated, the actuator drives a rotary cam to rotate a spindle tube, which in turn operates a latch cam connected to a latch. The slide plate is mounted movably within a housing in proximity to the rotary cam to slide transversely of a rotation axis of the spindle tube, and has two drive elements to respectively drive two driven elements of the rotary cam. The actuator is formed as a strip having one end connected to the handle, and another end connected to the slide plate. The strip is pivotal along with the handle to actuate the slide plate.

Abstract: A door latch for securing a door of a building in a closed condition, the door latch including a housing, a handle rod, a lock set assembled into the housing and including a movable key tab, a main lock pivotally connected to the handle rod and including a connecting slot, the main lock being movable for lifting an engagement end, an unlocking latch pivotally connected to the handle rod and including an engagement structure for coupling with the connecting slot and a lock bar assembled to the housing and being movable relative to the housing between a locked position and an unlocked position. Wherein, when the lock bar is in the locked position, the main lock is not pivotable from a position exterior to the building by the use of the handle rod, the main lock being pivotable from a position interior to the building by manual lifting.

Abstract: Locking device with magnetic actuation which is reversible so as to be suitable both for right-hand doors and for left-hand doors, comprising a frontal plate (1) for the fixing on the impost wing of the door, a strike (21) for the fixing on the jamb of the door in a position which can be opposed to said frontal plate, a magnet housed inside said strike, a bolt, a second magnet (4) housed inside said bolt (3) and a driving mechanism made up of two pawls (13), (16), one (13) of which controlled by outside handle and the other (16) by inside handle, a slide (19) for the driving of the bolt (3) and a system for blocking the opening by outside handle, leaving, at the same time, opening by inside handle operational.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wirelessly controlled electric lock, comprising a lock body (2a), a key cylinder (2b), a turn spindle (3) rotatable by a handle element (3a) internal of the door, the turning of which enables opening of the lock, an opening spindle (4) rotatable by an opening element (5) external of the door, a drive link mechanism (41, 20, 21, 22) enabling the turn spindle (3) and the opening spindle (4) to be coupled with each other for a drive link engagement, such that turning of the opening spindle translates also into a turning motion of the turn spindle. The lock also comprises electrically controlled coupling elements (10, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26), including a piezoelectric actuator (10) which, in a mode activated by an electrical control (12, 31, 33) transmitted (32) wirelessly to the electrical lock, is adapted to fixedly lock a bolt or plunger (10a) which, in its fixedly locked condition, activates said drive link engagement as the opening spindle (4) is turned.

Abstract: A mechanically operated lock which can operated by electrical control. The lock comprises a door handle rotatable door handle spindle (1) and a turn-knob or door handle rotatable turn spindle (2). The lock comprises a housing mountable or a door inner surface, into which said spindles (1, 2) extend. A mechanism (40) interconnects the spindles (1, 2) and is capable of engaging, by way of an electric control (5, 6, 7), the spindles (1, 2) with each other for a relative mechanical drive link, such that a rotation of the door handle spindle (1) translates into a rotational motion of the turn spindle (2) as well. The drive link (40) is adapted to decouple either automatically after a delay time or as the lock is opened by pressing the door handle. A piezoelectric actuator (20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27), in a mode activated by an electrical control (5, 24), is adapted to immovably lock a bolt or plunger (27) which, in its immovably locked condition, couples said drive link as the door handle spindle (1) is rotated.

Abstract: A housing assembly adapted to fit into a mortised recess in a door is provided for accommodating components of an electronic lock mechanism. The housing assembly comprises a housing including opposed major side walls at least partially defining an opening into the housing. A circuit board comprising electronic circuitry for operating the lock mechanism is disposed in the housing. A bracket for holding batteries is adapted to be disposed in the opening in the housing. The bracket is accessible when the housing is in the mortised recess of the door such that the bracket is movable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position. In the first position the bracket is in the housing and in the second position the bracket is at least partially outside of the housing such that batteries may be inserted into or removed from the bracket.

Abstract: An electric door lock including: a lock housing; an operating member having a holding part and a shaft part, the shaft part able to be placed in the lock housing, the shaft part connected to the holding part, the holding part defined as a long axis; a cog wheel able to be placed in the lock housing, the cog wheel having at least one bump; a coupling plate installed on the shaft part of the operating member, the coupling plate having at least one bulge and one protruding part, with the protruding part and the long axis of the holding part designed to move in alignment with each other; a motor placed in the lock housing; three sensor switches set separately in the lock housing; operating the motor causing the bump of the cog wheel to rotate and push the bulge of the coupling plate, so that the protruding part of the coupling plate of the electric door lock installed in the required position on a left-hand door or right-hand door, selectively touches the two sensor switches adjacent to each other, so as to reach

Abstract: A receptacle for secure mail and parcel receipt and storage. The receptacle includes a top which provides a roof for the receptacle, a base, and a housing connected to the top and the base. The housing includes an upper compartment into which mail is first placed, a lower compartment into which mail is deposited from the upper compartment, a front door, located on a front of the receptacle, which is opened to provide access to the upper compartment and through which mail is placed into the upper compartment, a trap door, operatively connected to the front door, in the upper compartment, and an access door that includes a lock. The trap door rests in an open position when the front door is closed, allowing communication between the upper and lower compartments. The trap door is moved to a closed position by the opening of the front door, thereby preventing access to the lower compartment from the upper compartment.

Abstract: An electronic door lock mounts to a door and includes an inner side and an outer side. The electronic door lock is operable to control access to an access controlled area positioned adjacent the inner side of the door. The electronic door lock includes an outer base connected to the outer side of the door, an inner base connected to the inner side of the door, a locking mechanism coupled to the door and movable between a locked position and an unlocked position in response to a control signal, and a control circuit disposed within the inner base and operable to generate the control signal in response to an input credential. An attachment interface is at least partially formed as part of the outer base.

Abstract: A deadbolt reinforcement assembly and entrance door security system are provided, comprising a deadbolt reinforcement cylinder adapted to receive a deadbolt assembly within a deadbolt bore; a door reinforcement plate having opposing flanges extending over the interior face and exterior faces of the door; and door reinforcement bolts inserted through the door and establishing a secure fit between the opposing flanges. The bolts are secured by a threaded nut on the exterior face of the door with a smooth head to prevent disassembly from the exterior side. A reinforced deadbolt striker plate and security hinges are also provided, such that all weak areas of the door are more resistant to attempts to breach the door.

Abstract: Security enhancing idea for improvement directly relating to a well known security vulnerability in conventional keyed cylinder locks. Secure Slots inventive improvement idea will, when implemented create a security barrier for these lock types as well as others as it solves a prior well known tampering security weakness.

Abstract: A door lock includes an engaging member having a lock core hole. The lock core hole includes a large section and a small section. The large section is formed in an end of the engaging member that is detachably received in a shank of an outer handle. An interchangeable lock core is removably received in the large section. An end of an outer spindle is extended out of a lock body of the door lock and is detachably received in the small section of the lock core hole of the engaging member. The lock core has an outline corresponding to the large section of the engaging member. The lock core can be removed and replaced with a new one. The engaging member can be detached from the outer spindle and the outer handle and replaced with a new engaging member corresponding to the outline of the new lock core.

Abstract: A locking system for a lift door, in particular a car door of a lift car and/or a shaft door, comprises a locking device which in an unlocked state enables opening of the lift door, and in a locked state restricts, in particular prevents opening of the lift door; a reference element; a counter element which interacts with the reference element, in particular mechanically, electrically, magnetically, acoustically and/or optically, in a prescribed measure when the lift car is located in a permissible position relative to a shaft door; a sensor for outputting a preferably electrical signal when the reference element and the counter element are interacting with one another; and a control device for transferring the locking device from the locked state into the unlocked state as a function of the signal, the reference element preferably being arranged on the shaft door.

Abstract: A safety control system for an electromagnetic door lock of an electric household appliance, wherein a blocking pawl is controlled by the movement of a core of an electromagnet, including a supplying circuit of a coil of the electromagnet, power supplying means to supply electric pulses in the circuit for energizing the coil and a PTC element arranged in series in the circuit; wherein power supplying means are of the type adapted to generate first pulses for taking the pawl to a blocking position and second pulses, having a polarity opposite to the first, for taking the pawl to a releasing position; and including means for determining, according to the parameters of an operating cycle of the electric household appliance, the emission of at least one train of first pulses by the power supplying means, so as to produce the heating of the PTC element.

Abstract: A combination including an apparatus with a frame bounding an internal space and a first repositionable door that is movable between closed and open positions relative to the frame. Cooperating components on the first door and at least one of: a) the frame; and b) a second door are alignable in a first relative position with the first door closed. A lock assembly cooperates with the components with the first door in the closed position and the cooperating components in the first relative position and has a locked state wherein the lock assembly prevents the first door from being moved from its closed position into its open position. A shielding assembly conforms to at least a part of the exposed outer surface, overlies at least a part of the exposed outer surface, and is frictionally held against the lock assembly to be maintained in an operative state.

Abstract: Disclosed is a door lock assembly. The door lock assembly includes a lock lever connected to a knob, an inter-lever connected to the lock lever, a first lock device connected to the inter-lever and reciprocating the inter-lever, and a second lock device disposed on one side of the first lock device and locking the inter-lever.

Abstract: A clutch for an electronic door lock includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a spring, a rheological fluid, and a plunger. The second shaft has an aperture therein and is axially co-aligned with the first shaft and is rotatably mounted adjacent the rotatable first shaft. The spring is disposed in the aperture in the second shaft. The rheological fluid is held within the aperture and is capable of changing viscosities in response to the application of an electrical current across the fluid. The plunger is biased by the spring into selective coupling engagement with the first shaft and is capable of selective motion into the aperture in response to contact by a camming surface of the first shaft due to relative rotation of the first shaft with respect to the second shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a door lock apparatus which is adopted in an electronic product to lock or release a door of the door lock apparatus. The door lock apparatus includes a rocker, a rocker supporting member, a door lock main body and a locking unit. The rocker rotates when the hook of the door enters or withdraws from the door lock apparatus, to be coupled with or separated away from the hook. A rocker hinge rod and a position fixing rode positioned in parallel to the rocker hinge rod are integrated into the rocker. The rocker supporting member is hinge-coupled with the rocker hinge rod to rotatably support the rocker, reciprocatingly moves in a direction in which the hook enters or withdraws when the rocker is rotated, and receives an elastic force from a first elastic member in the direction in which the hook enters.

Abstract: Electrified access-control technology devices for a door, particularly electrified locks for a door, having embedded circuitry therein, and methods of making the same. One or more printed circuit boards (PCBs) having various electronic circuitry are secured inside a housing that encases an access-control device, particularly a lock, for a door. The one or more PCB(s) may be embedded on an internal surface of the housing such that the embedded PCB resides inside the housing along with the lock itself. The embedded PCB(s) avoid interference of both any working components of the lock inside the housing and any openings residing in the housing.

Abstract: A security apparatus may include a portion that engages a wall on one side of a doorway, a portion that extends through the doorway, and another portion that may engage the door on the opposite side of the doorway. In operation, the apparatus may function to transmit a force applied to the front of the door to the exterior wall to reinforce the door against an unauthorized entry (e.g., an intruder kicking the door).

Abstract: A door having a latch mechanism is provided. The door also includes a bracket, and a pawl having a first aperture. The pawl is rotatably attached to the bracket and is operatively connected to the latch. The door additionally includes a key-cylinder adapted to selectively lock and unlock the latch by rotating the pawl, and a shield having a second aperture. Furthermore, the door includes a component connected to the key-cylinder. The component is aligned with and extends through the first and second apertures without contact with the pawl or with the shield, and is configured to not impede the rotation of the pawl by the key-cylinder when the component is aligned with the first and second apertures. The component is also configured to detach the pawl from the bracket and limit the key-cylinder extraction, when the key-cylinder is forcibly manipulated thereby causing the component to contact the shield.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool making it possible that an operator needs to remove a key member from a predetermined position after an unlock condition of a door is established when a door lock mechanism brings the door into an unlocked state, meanwhile the operator can recognize the necessity of reattaching the key member to the predetermined position when the door lock mechanism brings the door into a locked state. In the machine tool, an interlock mechanism 5a allows a door lock mechanism 8 to bring a door 3 into the unlocked state in a state that the unlock condition of the door 3 is established and when the key member 9 is removed from the predetermined position and, after the door 3 is unlocked, allows the door lock mechanism 8 to bring the door 3 into the locked state only when the key member 9 is attached to the predetermined position in a state that the door closed state detection mechanism 7 detects that the door is located at the predetermined closed position.

Abstract: A door handle has an elongated member pivotally connected with a plate member. The elongated member has a toe portion which interacts with the plate member. In this way, the elongated member is at least partially retained by the plate member at each end. The door handle provides an anti-ligature design that thwarts suicide attempts by persons attempting to affix or hang ligatures on the door handle. The door handle is also easily operable by those with disabilities.

Abstract: A self-balancing locking mechanism for actuating a locking pin-bar assembly of a door. The mechanism includes a drive shaft having an axis of rotation mounted to the door, and a cam mounted to the drive shaft. The mechanism also includes one or more actuator plates, each having a proximal end with a radial slot formed therein and installed about the drive shaft, and a distal end coupled to a locking pin-bar assembly that is slidably supported adjacent a perimeter of the door. The mechanism further includes one or more linkage bars, each having a proximal end pivotably coupled to the cam at a radial distance from the axis of rotation, and a distal end pivotably coupled to a mid-span of the actuator plate.

Abstract: Device for locking the door of a toilet cubicle comprising a door locking element operated manually from inside the cubicle, the said locking element allowing the vacant and engaged states of the cubicle to be selected and the door to be locked when the engaged state is selected, the said device including an information mechanism located on the door at least on the outside of the cubicle and providing at least two tactile and visual indicators of the state selected by the locking element, characterized in that the information mechanism includes raised pictograms to provide a tactile indicator.

Abstract: Disclosed are internal lock mechanisms for doors of intermodal containers. The lock mechanisms include a lock member that moves between a locked position engaging a door to lock the door in the closed position and an unlocked position disengaged from the door to permit the door to move from the closed position to the open position. At least a portion of the lock mechanism is provided within or adjacent to the sill. In one instance, the lock member is biased toward the locked position, and a contact portion on a bottom of the container is contacted to unlock it. The lock mechanism may be accessed via connection openings in a corner fitting, for example. In another instance, hooks and hook receiving members are provided within an interior of the container, and rotated along a rotatable shaft between the two positions.

Abstract: An improved locking handle and power module assembly provides continued ability to open and close a truck cap or tonneau cover from within or without, and presents an enclosed mechanism to prevent obstruction or jamming. A release handle is provided to permit unlatching of a latch mechanism operated by the locking handle without regard to whether the locking handle is locked or not.

Abstract: A door handle assembly includes a door handle that engages a bell crank to actuate a door release latch. A locking member moves relative to the bell crank, and shifts to a locked position wherein the locking member engages an engagement member to prevent rotation of the bell crank when the door handle assembly experiences an inertial force due to an impact or the like.

Abstract: A tamper inhibiting device is provided for adapting to a lock for a door. The lock has a housing configured to attach to the door. The lock also has a locking component being receivable in the housing. The housing has a lip extending from an edge of the housing. The tamper inhibiting device includes a first portion being substantially planar and having a first edge and a second opposing edge between two distal ends. The first portion has an elongate opening between the first and second distal ends. The tamper inhibiting device also includes a second portion being substantially planar and extending substantially perpendicular to the first portion from the first edge of the first portion. The opening is adjacent the first edge of the first portion such that the lip of the housing juxtaposes the second portion when the tamper inhibiting device attaches to the lock.

Abstract: A door latch for securing a door of a building in a closed condition, the door latch including a housing, a handle rod, a lock set assembled into the housing and including a movable key tab, a main lock pivotally connected to the handle rod and including a connecting slot, the main lock being movable for lifting an engagement end, an unlocking latch pivotally connected to the handle rod and including an engagement structure for coupling with the connecting slot and a lock bar assembled to the housing and being movable relative to the housing between a locked position and an unlocked position. Wherein, when the lock bar is in the locked position, the main lock is not pivotable from a position exterior to the building by the use of the handle rod, the main lock being pivotable from a position interior to the building by manual lifting.