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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347298 | Gear secure This automobile anti-theft device comprises a removable stick gear shifter, release mechanism, and possibly a second level safety release mechanism, steel ball bearing, an exclusive shaft key lock component, and electrical connections depending on the type of transm... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7302817 | Apparatus for restricting activation of engine starting system An activation restricting apparatus for an engine starting system that may be produced with a compact size. The apparatus includes an operating mechanism, an actuator, and a control unit. The operating mechanism starts and stops the engine and has a plurality of pos... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7270623 | Automatic transmission shifter assembly with integrated ignition actuator An automatic transmission shifter assembly comprises a shift lever support configured for attachment to a vehicle, a shift lever mounted to the shift lever support to shift between transmission gear settings; a brake transmission system interlock (BTSI) comprising a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7204109 | Universal portable gas pedal locking device for vehicles A portable, universal, anti-theft device having inner and outer tubular housings mounted together telescopically. Both housings have open front, axial ends and the rear end of the outer housing is closed. Opposite wall portions of inner and outer housings are formed... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194877 | Multiple entry locking system A multiple entry locking system including a U-bolt shackle having slotted legs. Various link members are adapted to be inserted through the slots in the U-bolt shackle legs. Each of the link members have first and second ends, and each of the link members have at le... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7143616 | Key interlock system of vehicle When a cam shaft is pivoted by interacted with a key cylinder into an ON or START state, a hooking protrusion and limit cam block maintain a disposition of the plunger. The position is retained even upon an impact or malfunction of a bidirectional solenoid actuator,... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7079384 | Portable computer and docking station locking structure A portable computer and docking station locking structure in which the docking station has a lock provided inside the support arm thereof controlled by a key or the like, and the portable computer has a lock hole in the back side adapted to receive the swivel lockin... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076976 | Inertial blocking mechanism A mechanical device such as a lock with anti-shock arrangement, comprising a locking member adapted for linear motion. The anti-shock arrangement comprises a balancing member mounted for linear motion substantially parallel to the locking member motion and a pivotal... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7004517 | Latching device The present invention relates to a latching device for securing two panels together such as those of storage structures in which an enclosure is secured by means of a door or panel which will remain in a closed position until released. The present latching system is... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993943 | Electric Padlock An electric padlock includes a lock casing, a shackle member, a latch member, and a battery cap unit. The lock casing is formed with a receiving space for receiving a battery unit, a battery access hole, and an insert groove disposed adjacent to the battery access h... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6973811 | Theft deterrent device for a motor vehicle A theft deterrent device for use with a wide range of motor vehicles. The device has a baseplate, a housing, and a gear-stick embracing element that can move relative to the housing. The gear stick of the motor vehicle passes through the gear-stick embracing element... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6928896 | Actuating device for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle The invention relates to an actuating device for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle. To allow the motor vehicle to be operated safely and managed conveniently, the invention makes provision for the actuating device to have not only a first device, by which... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927671 | Biometric shifter lock control A biometric anti-theft gear shifter lock control for vehicles, equipment, and machinery, and other transmission actuation devices on land, water, and air, using a gear shifter. A biometric sensor scans in biometric information from a user to a central processing uni... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6764428 | Locking arrangement for preventing a key from being pulled out of an ignition starting switch of a motor vehicle The invention relates to an anti-withdrawal device for preventing a key from being withdrawn from an ignition starter switch of an automobile, comprising a blocking device which is coupled with a switch contact of a transmission. The spring-loaded blocking pin of sa... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6708536 | Anti-theft device for vehicles An anti-theft device includes a barrel for attaching onto a gear-shift lever and having a seat, a follower, a latch device for attaching to parking brake and having a conduit to slidably receive the rod, and a lock member secured to the conduit to selectively lock t... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705135 | Excavator lock An excavator lock adapted to limit the motion of a pair of control levers such as a forward and reverse drive control levers of a mechanical excavator thereby preventing the theft of a mechanical excavator. The excavator lock comprises a main body and a locking plat... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6662604 | Anti-theft means for vehicle An anti-theft device for vehicle steering mechanism, such as a steering shaft or a transmission rod, having a rotatable shaft. The anti-theft device has a fixing member fixed on the vehicle body, a connecting member joined with a steering handle, a lockin... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6629473 | Shift lever device The lever body 17 includes a recess (receiver) 66 defined by an upper plate 70 and the projections 65a, 65b, as shown in FIG. 7. A notch 67 is formed in the upper plate 70 (see FIG. 1). The notch 67 permits the first locking piece 61 to move from its retr... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6598436 | Vehicle lock device A device for the transmission of unlocking force from a lock cylinder arranged in a lock cylinder casing to an operating arm in a locking mechanism, especially in a vehicle lock. The device is characterized in that a first end of a cable sheath is fixed t... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6570267 | Antitheft device for construction machinery In the construction machinery equipped with an engine, a hydraulic control unit and a machine controller, there is provided an antitheft device for the construction machinery, which can prevent the engine from starting and the hydraulic control unit from ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6568228 | Shift lever device In a shift lever device of the present invention, when a lever is positioned at a "P" shift position and an ignition key is positioned at a "LOCK" position, a lock bar impedes swivel of a lock plate, and the lever cannot be shifted. If the lever is not po... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6568227 | Parking brake device for vehicle To provide a parking brake device allowing a vehicle to be kept in a wheel lock state by a parking brake when the vehicle is parked and a driver is separated from the vehicle and when an engine of a vehicle in a parking state is started. In a parking brak... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6508090 | Vehicle shift lever device A shift lever device in which, by the integration with a key cylinder, a reduction in the use of space, simplification, cost reduction and weight lightening can be achieved. The shift lever device is such that the lever supported by a lock body that house... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6487883 | Shift lever apparatus The present invention provides a shift lever apparatus which shifts a shift lever connected to a transmission of a vehicle, and thereby, changes a shift range to a specific shift range from among a plurality of shift ranges preset in the transmission corr... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6477873 | Car lock structure in automatic transmission shift rod The present invention relates to a car lock structure built in an automatic transmission shift rod, and the entire lock structure is the head of an automatic transmission shift rod for users to lock it onto the automatic transmission rod body. The head in... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6460384 | Automatic transmission shift rod lock structure A car lock structure built in an automatic transmission shift rod having a latching opening and a latching hole on the push rod and the push rod tube respectively, a lock cylinder and a latching board formed by the lock bracket at a position corresponding... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6439014 | Shift lever device When a shift lever is moved in the transverse direction of a vehicle to a "P" range, a driving lever which is pressed by the shift lever is moved to a released position and a slide member, which is connected to the driving lever via a wire connecting mech... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427503 | Key interlock mechanism for column automatic-transmission operating device A key interlock mechanism for a column automatic-transmission operating device includes a key lock lever having one end with a slot and swingably supporting the lock pin through the slot, a shank formed with the key lock lever, a guide groove formed with ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6393881 | Lock structure for manual shift levers A manual shift lever lock structure, wherein: a second hollow pipe is slipped over the shift lever, a lock cylinder is fixedly connected to the top of the shift lever to move the second hollow pipe, the first hollow pipe and the slide sleeve are slipped o... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6382000 | Vehicle anti-theft system A vehicle anti-theft system (10, 10', 10") is provided which includes a pair of housing members (12, 12' and 14, 14'), each having a respective cavity (122, 142) into which an upper portion of a vehicle automatic transmission gearshift lever (2, 2') is re... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6357267 | Automobile gear shiftlever lock A gear shift lock for locking a gear shiftlever of an automobile with a manual transmission is disclosed. The lock has a ring with a through hole defined therethrough and a tube with a protrusion formed to be alternatively received in the through hole. Wh... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6345521 | Shift lock mechanism for shift lever A shift lock mechanism includes a shift lock lever having an inner cylindrical portion rotatably supported in a casing, and formed with an inner axial slot and a circumferential groove extending continuously from the axial slot, and a key lock lever havin... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6338288 | Railroad brake controller locking device A rail brake controller with a locking device includes a handle coupled to a hub. The hub includes a notch. A pawl is provided adjacent the hub and rotates between an unlocked position out of the notch and a locked position in the notch when the handle is... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6176809 | Shifter with reverse and ignition key interlock A shifter construction for shifting a transmission includes a base, a shift lever pivotally supported on the base at a main pivot for movement between a plurality of gear positions including a particular gear position, and an ignition switch constructed t... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6131425 | Automatic shift lever knob with an imbedded lock An automatic shift lever knob with an imbedded lock is disclosed. Wherein, a shifting axle-bore for insertion of a shift lever link is provided on the bottom of a casting of the shift lever knob. The top of the casting has on one side thereof a push butto... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6116370 | Anti-theft system A new anti-theft system for permitting removal of the gear selection shaft from a vehicle having a gear selection console with an aperture extending through it that permits external gear selection of a transmission, thereby preventing theft of the vehicle... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6101854 | Control lever locking kit A mechanical locking device in the kit form for the prevention of automotive vehicle theft by locking the gearshift control lever to the park position of this vehicle which comprises parts to form basically a clamp attached permanently to the lower portio... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6098431 | Locking structure for manual shift levers A manual shift lever locking structure including a knob moveable up and down relative to an axle of the shift lever; a lock in the knob for locking and fixing the knob and the axle of the shift lever relative to each other; and a restraining element provi... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6006887 | Shift lock mechanism of column automatic transmission shift lever device In a shift lock mechanism of a column AT shift lever device, a select plate movable by operation of a select cable is pivotally connected to an end portion of a shaft that is turnable by a shift lever. A distal end of the select plate is engageable with a... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6003350 | Lock for an automotive transmission of a vehicle having a center console with a floor mounted gear shift selector lever A lock for an automatic transmission of a vehicle having a center console with a pair of side walls and a floor mounted gear shift selector lever. The lock includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, and locking apparatus. The fixed portion replaceably a... | 12/21/1999 |
