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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377140 | Lock with clutching function A lock includes a body, a wheel, an outside spindle, and a locking plug. The outside spindle includes a front end having an extension not in contact with a circumferential wall defining a through-hole of the wheel. When the locking plug is in an unblocking position ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7308810 | Engaging mechanism for locks Improvements for an engaging mechanism for locks, wherein a spindle (6b) of the radial actuator (6) has an articulated connection to the tip of a first elastic arm (13), which elastic arm is radially fixed at its other end in an axis (... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7275402 | Lock A lock, such as a mortise lock, for a door. The lock comprises a locking cylinder that can be inserted into a door leaf and a shaft having two sections, each section of the shaft having a handle at the end, preferably a rotary knob or a standard door handle and bein... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7205492 | Push button actuator A push button actuator unit has a housing which defines a through passage that extends along an axis of the housing, and a slot that extends in a plane which transversely intersects the axis and communicates with the passage for supporting in the housing-defined slo... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188495 | Electric lock with magnetic support of the coupling element An electric lock with magnetic support of the coupling element, comprising a locking element engaging a selvage, a decoding assembly for a code bearing component, an actuation element, connected to an internal handle and associated with the locking element, and a se... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188870 | Multi-functional mortise lock A multi-functional mortise lock that can be rapidly converted between different functions without opening the mortise lock case by installing blocking screws that extend through threaded blocking openings in a sidewall of the case and into blocking interference with... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168276 | Electric lock with multiple-function spring An electric lock with multiple-function spring, with a locking element, a decoding assembly for a code bearing component, a first actuation element connected to an internal handle, and a second actuation element connected to an external handle both coupled to the lo... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7126066 | Push button actuator A push button actuator unit has a housing which defines a through passage that extends along an axis of the housing, and a slot that extends in a plane which transversely intersects the axis and communicates with the passage for supporting in the housing-defined slo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7096698 | Override assembly for door lock systems having a clutch mechanism A lock system for a door. The lock system includes a clutch mechanism and a lockset with a lockable latch and actuator for operating the latch. The clutch mechanism includes an input cam, an output cam, and an engagement pin having an axis and being dimensioned and ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096697 | Electronic deadbolt lock arrangement An electronic deadbolt lock arrangement including a lock having a bolt movable between locked and unlocked conditions. The lock includes a manual control and a power drive to operate the lock that are connected by a decouplable transmission enabling the lock to be o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7080533 | Lock and magnetically coded card A magnetically coded card and a lock include a slot into which the card is inserted to operate the lock. The card has an aperture through which a card-impaling lock-in pin of the lock can pass when the card is fully inserted within the slot, thus retaining the card ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7007526 | Electronic clutch assembly for a lock system An electronic clutch assembly is for a lock system having a latch and first and second rotatable spindles, one being connected with the latch. A clutch is coupled with the first spindle, has a connective portion engageable with the second spindle, and is linearly di... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993945 | Doorknob with a lock The doorknob with a lock has a bolt assembly, a lock activating assembly, an outer doorknob assembly and an inner doorknob assembly. The bolt assembly is mounted in a door and has a bolt head and a rotatable plug. The lock activating assembly has a base, a head, an ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993946 | Lock with clutching function A lock includes an inside handle, an outside handle, and a body between the handles. A spindle is mounted to each handle to turn therewith. Two pivotable wheels are mounted in the case and operably connected to the inside and outside spindles and a latch bolt such t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6967562 | Electronic lock control and sensor module for a wireless system A lock system includes a cylindrical door lock having a latching spindle and an opening spindle which are concentrically oriented, and a wireless communication system to transmit signals indicating the relative positions of the latching spindle and the opening spind... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6868705 | Lock with a sliding block movably received in the control knob to selectively drive the latch A lock includes a control knob with a keyway and a receiving space defined in a distal end face of the control knob to correspond to the receiving hole of the sliding seat. The sliding block is able to selectively be received at a joint of the control knob and the s... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6845642 | Clutch mechanism for electronic locks This mechanism is intended for being located in the inner escutcheon of the lock and its purpose is to minimize the forces transmitted, thereby preventing premature wear, as well as being able to be adaptable to any lock. Its structure permits to minimize the turnin... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6837081 | Clutch mechanism for locks Clutch mechanism for locks, which is composed of an interior axis (1), an exterior axis (2), a static body (3), a radial pin (4), a radial catch (5) and a radial actuator (6); said interior (1) and exterior (2)... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6684672 | Cylinder lock arrangement A cylindrical lock arrangement of the kind having a cylindrical housing attached to a door and a lock cylinder with lever tumblers provided to cooperate with a lock device, whereby the lock device is arranged to be actuated via a carrier provided to the c... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6651468 | Clutch device for locks Clutch device for locks which consists of an interior axis, an exterior axis, a frame or static body, an elastic element, a radial trigger, a radial trigger lock and a radial actuator; wherein: the interior axis, exterior axis and static body comprise a c... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6543264 | Mortise lockset with internal clutch having override feature A lock mechanism has a housing and a latch extending from the housing. The latch has an extended position and a retracted position. The mechanism includes apparatus for biasing the latch to the extended position, apparatus for defining a locked mode and a... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6532779 | Lockset assembly allowing interchange between an interchangeable core type handle and a cylinder type handle A lockset assembly comprises an inner handle assembly, a chassis, a latch assembly, an outer spindle, an outer handle assembly of cylinder type, and an outer handle assembly of interchangeable core type. One of the outer handle assembly of cylinder type a... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6014878 | Lock with a freely rotatable outside handle An outside handle assembly of a lock includes an outside lever handle, an outside handle spindle secured to the outside lever handle to rotate therewith and including a first slot defined in a periphery thereof, and an actuating spindle mounted in the out... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5787743 | Torque limiting lock mechanism The apparatus is a torque limiting spindle for lock mechanisms. The interconnection between two parts of the spindle of the lock is a detent mechanism which disengages the two sections if excessive torque is applied. The apparatus has a first section of t... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5768926 | Lock having an exterior door handle capable of a free turning movement A lock sub-assembly for a lock which is mainly situated at an exterior side of the lock. The lock sub-assembly comprises an exterior hub configured to rotate together with an exterior long handle and be fixed to an exterior side of a lock chassis, a handl... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5657653 | Dual lock with simultaneous retraction of latch and deadbolt by inside lever and uncoulpler between driving spindle and the lever In a door lock having a latch bolt selectively retractable by a rotatable driver spindle, the driver spindle being rotatable by operation of an outside manual lever associated with an outside chassis assembly or by operation of an inside manual lever asso... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5520427 | Breakaway lever with wedge release mechanism A door lever assembly having a locked and an unlocked position includes a trim housing and a lever handle and cam rotatably connected to the trim housing. A rotatable shaft extends between the lever handle and the cam, with the shaft defining a connection... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5437350 | Steering column assembly, in particular for motor vehicles This assembly includes a steering shaft (101) which can move in rotation in a column body (102) and includes an anti-theft bolt (104) mechanism (103) which can move between a retracted position and an active anti-theft position. The shaft includes two sha... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5010755 | Lock with torque-release means A torque-releasable door handle assembly is provided for operating a door-latching system. The door handle assembly includes a handle shell formed to include a hollow interior cavity having front and rear openings in the handle shell, a lock cylinder moun... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4773240 | Lock with force-override assembly A torque-releasable door handle assembly is provided for normally rotating a bolt-retracting sleeve to operate a door latching system. The door handle assembly includes a body for coupling to the bolt-retracting sleeve and a handle shell mounted on the bo... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4679420 | Force immune door latch An improved force immune door knob/latch is provided which, by use of resiliently-biased ratcheting means, is rendered immune to force resulting from the application of excess torque to the door knob. These resiliently-biased ratcheting means are such tha... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4676083 | Locking mechanism with actuator The lock housing has a slot in a top wall via which a coded card key can be inserted to bring into alignment coded magnetic areas on the card with magnetically responsive elements of the lock to unlock the locking mechanism and enable rotation of either a... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4362035 | Lockable closure A shield is rotatably mounted to a threaded element of the closure on an axis coincident with the axis of the threaded element, so that the shield impedes access to the threaded element. The shield can be removed from the threaded element or connected to ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4312198 | Magnetic key operated hotel door lock A mechanical magnetic key operated door lock structure particularly adapted for use in hotel locksets. An occupancy indicator is incorporated in the lock structure to indicate that the lockset is locked from the inside, thus insuring privacy for the hotel... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4133194 | Magnetic key operated door lock A door lock structure adapted to be actuated by a magnetic card key to operate a conventional cylindrical door lock with substantially no modification to such lock. A housing containing the magnetically operated elements of the lock is mounted, along with... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4073518 | Electrically and manually actuatable door locking structure A lock housing is provided for mounting upon or in a door, but which may also be mounted upon or in a door frame. Latch and bolt bars disposed in side-by-side relation are supported from the housing for lengthwise extension and retraction relative thereto... | 02/14/1978 |
| 3992907 | Axial pin tumber lock with engageable clutch member A lock having a freely rotatable barrel, in which there is provided a housing for the lock, a barrel rotatable within the housing, a locking arm and hub rotatable within the housing independently of the barrel, a clutch member on the barrel swingable betw... | 11/23/1976 |