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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110252844 | OVERHEAD DOOR LOCK WITH AUTOMATED LOCKING AND INTEGRATED DETECTION SYSTEMS A door lock for use with an overhead door having a plurality of rollers or a bar moving along a track, includes a movable latch and a release mechanism. The movable latch is associated with the track and biased toward a door-locking position. The latch is configured to ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110241360 | LID LOCK APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE A lid lock apparatus for a vehicle, includes a driving motor, a shaft member configured so that a first end portion thereof protrudes from a housing to be engageable with a lid body of a vehicle body, thereby retaining the lid body unopenable, and so that the shaft memb... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110227351 | Electromechanical Compression Latch The present invention is directed to improvements in latch design. The illustrated embodiment of the present invention is a rotary pawl latch with the capability to provide a compressive force between the first member and the second member. The illustrated embodiment of... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110204690 | CLOSING DEVICE COMPRISING TWO PAWLS AND A MOTOR-DRIVEN ACTUATING MECHANISM A locking device (1) comprising at least one locking mechanism (2) having a catch (3), a pivotal first pawl (4), and a second pawl (5), with which the first pawl (4) can be blocked from being swiveled. The locking device (1 | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110167733 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE ORIENTATION OF A PORTHOLE IN AN OPEN POSITION A device for adjusting the position of a locking member for a porthole in an open position towards the outside about an opening formed in the wall of a room, the aforementioned device including: a protruding portion having a circular shape attached to the wall about the... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110139772 | Domestic Appliance with Controlled Door Opening A domestic appliance (for example, a microwave oven), comprising: a housing; a front door; a retention mechanism (for example including a latch), located within the housing and engageable with the door; wherein the retention mechanism is movable between a first configur... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110101707 | VEHICLE LATCH AND METHOD OF OPERATING A latch assembly is disclosed herein, the latch assembly having: a motor for moving a gear of the latch assembly between a lock position, an unlock position; and a release position, the lock position locking the latch assembly, the unlock position unlocking the latch as... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110101709 | DOOR HANDLE STROKE CHANGE STRUCTURE A door handle stroke change structure includes a latch mechanism, an electric latch drive mechanism, a mechanical latch drive mechanism, and an operation member which operates the electric latch drive mechanism and the mechanical latch drive mechanism. The operation mem... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110084506 | Locking System with Retractable Hook A locking system and a method for locking and unlocking a door to an opening in a cabinet or the like is disclosed. The locking system includes a latching assembly for attachment to one of either a door or a cabinet. The latching assembly includes a motor, a first drivi... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110037278 | Lock Assembly 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 actua... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100270816 | LOCK WITH A SWING BOLT AND AN ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY THEREOF A lock with a swing bolt, comprises: a housing having an opening for a bolt; a cover which is complementary to the housing; a bolt movable between a locked position and an un-locked position through the opening; a controllable locking means to prevent the movement of th... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100270815 | OPENING AND CLOSING MEMBER CONTROL DEVICE An opening and closing member control device includes: a latch that pulls in or releases a striker; a displacement member that operates the latch through a latch operation mechanism and is displaced within a movement area including a close area, a release area, and a ne... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100244466 | Closure Latch for Vehicle Door In a particular embodiment, the closure latch includes a ratchet movable between an open position and a closed position and biased towards the open position. A pawl is provided and is movable between a ratchet locking position wherein the pawl holds the ratchet in the c... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100237632 | ELECTRICALLY-ACTIVATED HOOD LATCH AND RELEASE MECHANISM A latch assembly includes a latch movable between released and restrained positions and a latch spring biasing toward the released position. A first lever is movable between open and closed positions, corresponding to the released and restrained positions, respectively.... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100127511 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH HAVING A POWER LOCK-UNLOCK MECHANISM A door latch having a forkbolt that moves between a latched position and an unlatched position is provided. It includes a detent for holding the forkbolt in the latched position, and a power operated lock mechanism for moving the door latch to an unlock or lock position... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100117379 | MODULAR LATCH A modular latch for an automotive vehicle is provided. It includes a latch core (a housing and a ratchet and pawl rotatably mounted to the housing), a mounting plate that secures the latch core to the vehicle. The latch cure can use any of a plurality of different mount... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100102572 | ELECTROMECHANICAL LOCKS AND LATCHING ARRANGEMENTS An electrically operable latch includes a housing and a latch member assembled with the housing for movement between an extended position and a retracted position. A blocker member is disposed in the housing and adapted to block movement of the latch member to the retra... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100072761 | Global Side Door Latch The latch includes a ratchet and pawl operable to move between an engaged position to hold a striker and a released position to permit the striker from exiting the latch. In addition, a release lever and a lock lever are pivotally mounted to the opposite surface of the ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100066103 | MOTOR-DRIVEN LOCK WITH A ROTARY BOLT The invention relates to a motor-driven lock with a rotary bolt, especially for rear doors, hatches or trunks of automotive vehicles, comprising a rotary bolt and a latch, also rotary between a closed position, in which it retains the bolt in a locking position, and ano... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100045053 | EXIT DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME The invention provides a method of operating an exit device. The exit device includes a locking mechanism for locking and unlocking a door, the locking mechanism having a latch bolt movable between an extended state and a retracted state, and a link connected to the lat... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090309971 | DEVICE FOR OPENING A VEHICLE LOCK AND FOR CAPTURING AN IMAGE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE This device has the double function of opening the lock upon actuation of a handle (20), and as the need may arise, of capturing the exterior of the vehicle in an image via a camera (31). In order to optimally carry out these two tasks, and for a space-saving configurat... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090295174 | VEHICLE LATCH A latch assembly is disclosed herein. The latch assembly has a fork bolt movably secured thereto for movement between a latched position and an unlatched position. A detent lever is also provided. The detent lever is capable of movement between an engaged position and a... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090284025 | LOCK A lock configured to lock retractable devices such as retractable landing gear for aircraft in a retracted position. The lock comprises a pivotally mounted hook member with a hook portion arranged to maintain a capture pin attached for example to retractable landing gea... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090267359 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE A device includes a latch of a door and rotates while engaging with a striker of a vehicle body; a pawl which is rotatable between a latched position to restrict a rotation of the latch and a unlatched position to permit the rotation of the latch; a motor; a release pow... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090243309 | DOOR LATCH DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE A door latch device in a motor vehicle comprises an engagement portion which can engage with a striker of a vehicle body; an operating lever operated with a handle on a door of the vehicle to open the door; a locking lever which moves between an unlocking position where... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090235913 | Locking appatatus for locking a cooking device door A locking apparatus for locking a cooking device door is provided that includes a locking element, a motor for moving the locking element, and a stop in the cooking device door which restricts the movement of the locking element in a locking position. In order to provid... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090236863 | ELECTRIC DOOR LATCH APPARATUS An electric door latch apparatus includes a manual operation portion adapted to be mounted on a vehicle door and configured to be switched between a closed door retaining state in which the vehicle door is retained at a closed position and a door openable state in which... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090235767 | Rotary Pawl Latch A latch including a housing, a rotary pawl, catch means for releasably holding the pawl in a closed configuration, and means for operating the catch means are disclosed.... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090230703 | LATCH MECHANISM A latch mechanism includes a latch chassis, a latch bolt having a closed position and an open position, a pawl having an engaged position at which the pawl holds the latch bolt in the closed position and a disengaged position at which the pawl allows the latch bolt to m... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090174195 | Shape-Memory Alloy Actuator and Latches Including Same An SMA actuator includes an SMA element having a first end, a second end, and a central portion therebetween, the SMA element being oriented so that the first and second ends are adjacent one another and attached to one of an anchor interface or payload interface, and s... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090160198 | Vehicle door latch apparatus An operating mechanism unit includes a motor, a worm wheel being rotated by the motor, a sector gear meshing with a pinion provided on one side of the worm wheel and rotating to an unlocking position and a locking position, switch levers connected to the sector gear and... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090145182 | AUXILIARY LOCKING DRIVE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK An auxiliary locking drive for a motor vehicle lock having its own drive housing and being located separate from the vehicle lock in the installed state. The auxiliary locking drive can be coupled to the vehicle lock by way of a transmission that transmits a linear driv... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20080224481 | Electric strike An electric strike comprising a housing and a keeper pivotally mounted to said housing. A solenoid is arranged internal to the housing and movable between fail-safe and fail-secure positions. A two position mode control slot is included in the housing and a mode control... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080224482 | Electrical Door Latch A latching apparatus may have a normal mode of operation in which a mechanical signal is employed to actuate a door pawl, and hence to release a door latch ratchet. An electrical actuator may be employed to send that mechanical signal, and operation of the actuator may ... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080217956 | Motor Vehicle and Door Lock for a Door of a Motor Vehicle The present invention relates to a motor vehicle having a driver door, a passenger door, and two rear doors. Each of the doors has an internal opening device for opening the corresponding door from the interior of the motor vehicle using an assigned electrical drive, an... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080203737 | Global Side Door Latch The latch includes a ratchet and pawl operable to move between an engaged position to hold a striker and a released position to permit the striker from exiting the latch. In addition, a release lever and a lock lever are pivotally mounted to the opposite surface of the ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080164703 | Device for Assisting in Opening/Closing an Openable Unit The invention relates to a device for power-assisted opening/closing of an openable panel in a motor vehicle, comprising: a latch (9) for disengaging/engaging a striker; a pawl (10) able to lock the latch (9) in at least one locked position and rele... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080105011 | DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE A door locking system for a vehicle includes a striker, a latch, a pawl allowing and regulating the latch to rotate, a lock release operating portion moving the pawl to release the regulation on the latch rotation, a latch driving motor driven in one direction to shift ... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080084074 | Exterior Door Handle For A Motor Vehicle Disclosed is an exterior door handle (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising an electromechanical locking system (2) and a manually actuated handle part (3) that can perform a lifting movement in order to open a door (11) lock (8). The lif... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080073916 | Electromagnetic Lock with Strong Anti-impact Ability The present invention resolves the problem that a lockpin is easy to broken in current electromagnetic lock, find a good structure for greatly improving the capability of the electromagnetic lock against a very strong impact from outside. The new structure can transfer ... | 03/27/2008 |
