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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110215597 | MOTOR MECHANISM In one use, a motor mechanism for an electronic lock is disclosed. In one embodiment, the motor mechanism includes a split nut that travels along a threaded screw drive. When the split nut is physically limited from further travel along the screw drive, the split nut de... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110210564 | BI-STABLE ACTUATOR FOR ELECTRONIC LOCK An actuator for an electronic door lock includes a stationary first magnet assembly, a beam, and a second magnet assembly. The first magnet includes at least one magnet stationarily positioned within the electronic door lock. The beam is movable relative to the first ma... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110175373 | SMART LOCK WITH MODIFIED STRUCTURE The present utility model discloses a smart lock with a modified structure comprising: a lock body including an inner handle and an outer handle, a latch and a bolt, an electrical locking mechanism for interfering retraction of the bolt; the lock body further comprises ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110133490 | SAFETY LOCK FOR A DOOR OF A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, PREFERABLY OF A WASHING MACHINE A safety lock for a door of a household appliance, preferably of a washing machine, includes a housing on one end of which there is a mechanical assembly of the door lock, on the other end there is an assembly of the electric switch used to reach closed or interrupted e... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110101840 | DOOR-LOCKING DEVICE FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, DOOR ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A DOOR-LOCKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOCKING A DOOR OF A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE A door locking device for a household appliance is provided. The door locking device includes a base member that has a receptacle; a closing element on a door side that is moved into the receptacle when a door of the household appliance is closed; a control unit; an ele... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110074168 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK A motor vehicle door lock, comprising a locking mechanism (1, 2), and a closing/opening device (3 to 7) having a drive, wherein the closing/opening device (3 to 7) acts on the locking mechanism (1, 2), and wherein-the closing/op... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110066288 | GUARD LOCK FOR A COMPONENT FOR CLOSING AN OPENING Guard lock for a component for closing an opening having a fixed part and a movable part, with a bolt, which is guided movably between a locking and an unlocked end position in the longitudinal direction of the bolt, a drive implementing a movement for moving the bolt a... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20100270814 | MOTORIZED SYSTEM FOR LATCHING AND UNLATCHING CASEMENT WINDOWS A power-operated latch is integrated to a casement window for selectively locking and unlocking a vertically hinged window sash. The power-operated latch is adapted to be concealed in the window frame and is directly connectable to the existing window latch hardware. A ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100133856 | DOOR LOCK The deadbolting means of the lock according to the invention comprise a locking piece (15) to establish and release the locking of the deadbolting means in the deadbolting position. The locking piece is pivotably supported on the lock body (3) and comprise... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100090066 | LATCHING SEPARATION SYSTEM Latching elements on a first structure are configured to securely engage corresponding bearings on a second structure, via a lateral member that drives all of the latching elements simultaneously. When engaged, or when disengaged, the system is in a stable state, requir... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100045050 | DOOR LOCK This invention relates to a door lock comprising a lock body (3) fitted with a front plate and a bolt (4). The transfer of external force to the locking piece (5) in the lock body is reduced. The reduction of external force is arranged in two stages... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100045051 | LATCH FOR A VEHICLE The invention relates to a latch that comprises a lock and a closing part that engages with the latter. Said lock comprises a catch (10) and a clink and said catch (10) comprises a receiving element (19) for the closing part and has a stepped profil... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090058102 | ELECTROMECHANICAL PUSH TO CLOSE LATCH An electromechanical push to close latch has a pawl positioned for linear movement in a housing, with the pawl being biased to the outward extended position. An electric motor operates a cam to change the position of the pawl thereby retracting it into the housing. An e... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090019903 | Locking device for truck A locking device for a truck is disclosed. The locking device is mounted on the door plank of a container door and is fastened in the doorframe in order to lock the container door. The device comprises a first body, a second body, and a lock. The first body includes a p... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090001733 | ELECTROMECHANICAL PUSH TO CLOSE LATCH An electromechanical push to close latch has a pawl positioned for linear movement in a housing, with the pawl being biased to the outward extended position. An electric motor operates a cam to change the position of the pawl thereby retracting it into the housing. An e... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080296912 | REMOTE DOOR ACCESS DEVICE A remotely activated door lock and unlocking device adapted to convert doorknobs and/or deadbolt access locks to remote door access. The device is engageable over the existing doorknob and/or deadbolt lock to allow for remote rotation activation to unlock and open the d... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080289377 | Institutional door lock and retrofit mechanism An institutional door lock mechanism for retrofitting existing installations with a remotely controllable/monitorable door lock and open/close position indicator is described. A hollow vertical door strike jamb extends along an outside surface of the door frame opposite... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080246286 | PIEZO ACTUATED SLIDE LATCHING MECHANISM A latching mechanism is particularly suited for use in latching a slide mechanism, such as used to slidably mount a drawer. The latching mechanism includes a latch assembly comprising a latch lever mounted for movement between a first, second and third positions, a latc... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080211238 | Latch A latch assembly for use with a window sash sliding mounted with a window frame. The latch includes at least one bolt (18) moveable in a body (10) between a retracted position and a projecting position. In the projecting position the bolt 1 8 is eng... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20070241568 | Door lock for an oven A door lock for an oven includes a lock housing, a geared motor, an actuating shaft to be driven by the geared motor, a retaining plate and a locking element formed as a lever to be operated by the actuating shaft. The lever is mounted on the retaining plate and has a l... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070132250 | Use of an intumescent material and device having a material of this type The present invention relates to the use of an intumescent material as a sensor, actuator, and fixing means for movable elements in the field of fire and smoke protection. ... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070085348 | A Cabinet Lock The invention is a cabinet lock for selectively locking a cabinet of a kind comprising a compartment structure (1) and a closure (2) movable relative to the compartment structure for selectively closing an opening of the compartment structure. The cabinet ... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070052248 | Electric or electro-mechanical machine locking device for a door The invention relates to an electrical or electromechanical hold-open device, particularly for doors, which is displaceable within a sliding rail, the sliding rail comprising a lower chamber and an upper chamber, a power supply unit being disposed in the upper chamber a... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070029813 | Safety lock The invention relates to a safety lock for a closing-off device which can be opened, having an actuating unit with an actuator which is guided in a displaceable manner, and having a locking unit into which the actuator, with the closing-off device closed, can be pushed ... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20060267349 | ELECTROMECHANICAL PUSH TO CLOSE LATCH An electromechanical push to close latch has a pawl positioned for linear movement in a housing, with the pawl being biased to the outward extended position. An electric motor operates a cam to change the position of the pawl thereby retracting it into the housing. An e... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060214434 | Electrically controllable latch mechanism A latch mechanism comprises a housing (11), a plunger (12) mounted for reciprocation in the housing, a pawl (17) mounted with the housing for movement into and out of engagement with the plunger (12) and means for moving the pawl, wherein the... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060192395 | Releasable, resettable latch mechanism A door or hatch capable of moving between an open and closed position and normally biased to revert to one of those positions is retained by a manually operable retaining means. A release means is provided to automatically release the door or hatch to thereby allow it t... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060113943 | Contact-detecting apparatus A contact-detecting apparatus provided at an open-and close device for detecting a state of contact with trapping object to be detected includes a piezoelectric sensor member for detecting a state of contact of the open-and close device with the trapping object to be de... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060082162 | Electromechanical door solenoid current surge booster circuit An apparatus, circuit and method for operating a solenoid-actuated electromechanical door latching mechanism that includes a capacitor to meet the power surge requirements needed to move a door latching mechanism. A power supply at one end of a transmission line is coup... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20060038411 | Support frame for header latch assembly A latch assembly is provides selective locking of a front portion of a convertible top to a windshield header. The latch assembly includes a latch mechanism, an actuator and a frame. The latch mechanism has a hook movable between locked and unlocked states with a strike... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20060038412 | Door opening and closing assisting device and method An embodiment of the apparatus relates to a door opening and closing assisting device comprising: a spring force to urge the door in a closed direction when the door is half-opened or less and supplies no closing force when the door is more than half-opened. The assisti... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20060038410 | Motor driven latch A latch system including a first portion and a second portion which are attached to corresponding pieces. The first portion is engageable with the second portion. A drive device is coupled to at least one of the first portion and the second portion for controllable oper... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20050225095 | Lock comprising two locking rods, in particular for vehicles In a lock of this type at least one locking rod (11, 12) is displaced in a longitudinal direction, said rod being driven using an actuator by means of a rotor (20). To produce said lock in a cost-effective manner, the internal section of the locking rod is... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050225097 | Interchangeable lock operable in fail safe or fail secure modes One embodiment of an electric door lock according to the present invention is interchangeable between fail safe and fail secure modes and comprises a housing for receiving the internal components of the door lock. A latch bolt is mounted within the housing and is movabl... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050127684 | Deadlock arrangement for locks A deadlocking assembly for use in locks that includes a rack supporting a bolt and a driving or pinion gear that drives the rack. Both the rack and the pinion gear have teeth that intermesh. The pinion gear further includes two arms, one of which acts as a stop when ext... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050110279 | Actuator for a vehicle door latch A latch of a vehicle includes a displacement member having a first position, a second position, and an intermediate rest position and an output movable between a first output position and a second output position. A first mode of operation is possible where the output l... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050012343 | Electronic door lock dogging mechanism An electronic door lock dogging mechanism is provided with a bolt arranged to move into and out of a door to selectively engage a portion of a door frame to lock a door when extending out of the door and when recessed within the door, unlocking the door from the door fr... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050006908 | Lock A lock which includes a bolt, a catch, a handle for manually moving the catch from an operative position to an inoperative position, first link elements, and electrically actuable elements for causing movement of the first link elements between first and second position... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050006907 | Lock for bi-directional doors There is a lock for a bi-directional door, swing or sliding door 19. The lock includes at least two pins 6, 7 which are spaced apart a distance exceeding the thickness of the door. The pins are adapted for simultaneous arcuate motion about an axis located ... | 01/13/2005 |