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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6315337 | Glasp A locking system comprises a cabinet having unframed swinging glass doors and a hasp for securing the doors in the closed position. The hasp comprises a base plate, a staple plate hingedly secured to the base plate and an L-shaped back plate having a latc... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6099051 | Closure system for devices having a stylus A closure system useful for securing a device having a stylus. In a first embodiment, the closure system includes a housing having first and second housing members, the first housing member being configured to matingly contact the second housing member wh... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6082791 | Electric strike An electrically controlled strike has a strike frame defining a jamb face opening and a strike face opening. A keeper assembly selectively closes across the frame face opening. A lock assembly readily reconfigurable between fail secure and fail safe arran... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6065785 | Patio door limiter A limiter or stop for a sliding door or sliding panel is provided. The limiter includes a shaft disposed within the escutcheon that is connected to a head. The head includes two spaced-apart holes for frictionally receiving locking rods or bars. The head ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6059329 | Door handle assembly with self-actuated mounting An automotive door handle assembly adapted to be mounted in an aperture defined in the outer skin of a motor vehicle door by a flange structure. The assembly includes an escutcheon plate sized to fit in the door skin aperture and having a peripheral flang... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6053544 | Locking handle for refrigerators A locking handle for a refrigerator includes a mounting element rigidly secured to a refrigerator door, a hand grip rigidly secured to the mounting element, and a latch attached to the mounting element. The latch has a catch movable between a locked posit... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6032987 | Sliding door locking device A sliding door locking device has a fully opened condition locking mechanism and a fully closed condition locking mechanism for locking a sliding door to a vehicle body when the sliding door is at its fully opened position and fully closed position, respe... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6010168 | High security rotary latch A latching or locking mechanism is shown having a rotor mounted for rotation about a longitudinally extending axis, and having detent mechanism cooperating with the rotor to selectively permit a locking of the rotor, or a rotation in the clockwise, or cou... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6007119 | Multi-directional self-aligning shear type electromagnetic lock A shear-type electromagnetic lock is disclosed whose armature can approach the electromagnet from any transverse direction, which can be mounted in any orientation with respect to gravity, and which does not require any door position sensing means. The ar... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6007285 | Cantilever fastener assembly A fastener assembly which allows relatively heavy objects to be attached to either a hollow or a solid core wall by distributing the weight of such objects along a relatively long axial plane of support defined by an elongated cantilever structure. The ap... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5988710 | Variable length security bar This security bar for positioning between a door and the floor has telescopic sections which permit the door to be opened a small distance, corresponding to the degree of telescoping which is permitted, so as to permit a clear gap between the door and its... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5984382 | Extended reach latch An extended reach latch for an engine cowling and the like, including a housing having a housing slot, a hook pin carried in the housing, a hook having a hook slot, with the hook pin in the hook slot for sliding of the hook relative to the housing, first,... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5984387 | Portable lock A portable lock for locking a door has a lock bar for insertion and retention between a door jamb and the latch side of a door. A housing is movable along the lock bar between a retracted position enabling pivoting movement of the door about its hinge bet... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5984384 | Vehicle door latch device with self-cancelling mechanism A vehicle door latch device comprises a longitudinal open link having an upper end connected to an open lever and a lower end connected to a lock lever. The open link is displaced into a locked position when it moves toward an exterior side of a latch bod... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5984385 | Active ERM damper for spacecraft telescoping structures A damped latch mechanism 116 is provided for a telescoping structure 10 including an inner tubular member 114 slidingly received within an outer tubular member 112. A first latch member 122 is coupled within the one tubular member 114 and a second latch m... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5979951 | Automotive slide door lock A latch plate pivots between a latch position wherein the latch plate engages with the striker and an open position wherein the latch plate releases the striker. A pawl member pivots between an engaging position wherein the pawl member engages with the la... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5979952 | Mechanism for aligning a striker with an automotive door latch An automotive vehicle latch system is aligned in a single operation without trial-and-error manipulations of the striker. An alignment mechanism is mounted on the vehicle body to align the striker on the vehicle body with the latch on the vehicle door. Th... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5979948 | Length-convertible latch Length-convertible latch with a front box (2) inside a cylindrical receptacle (7) joined to the rear body (4) with the locking nose (6) fixed lengthwise and with a transverse cavity in the body (4) where the nose (6) can be transversally accommodated agai... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5979950 | Fitting for sliding door, window or like closure In a lock fitting for sliding closures a bolt-carrier includes a screwthreaded hole with its axis perpendicular to a covering plate to receive a screw for immobilizing a bolt on the bolt-carrier. The covering plate has an orifice for access to the screw a... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5975539 | Composite gasket A cheap composite gasket is constructed in such manner that the sealing property and the vibration isolation are compatible. So, in the composite gasket, NBR rubber acting as a first hard elastic member is arranged at a position of a bolt portion, while N... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5975596 | Vehicle door latch A vehicle door latch has a locking mechanism and a latching mechanism and inside and outside handle levers for unlatching the vehicle door latch. Each handle lever cooperates with the locking mechanism and the latching mechanism independently of the other... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5975598 | Restrictor device A restrictor device for limiting the degree of opening of an openable closure. The restrictor device has an arm (10) with a mounting plate (12) to pivotally mount the arm to either the closure or the frame on which the closure is mounted. The arm (10) is ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5975592 | Multi-component lock assembly A lock assembly comprising a housing, a control mechanism, one pin or two pins supported by the housing for shifting movement of the pin or of the two pins in a direction transverse to direction of movement of the control mechanism between a locked positi... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5975597 | Outside handle of automobile sliding door An outside handle of a vehicular sliding door to open/close an opening of a vehicle body, having a bell crank portion which is formed into an L-shape having a first joint and a second joint at its leading ends and is turnably supported at its L-shaped ben... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5975594 | Glove box door latch assembly with utility hook A vehicle glove box door latch assembly includes a housing with a central opening formed therein and a latch handle positioned substantially within the central opening. The latch handle is operative to actuate unlatching of the latch assembly. A utility h... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971449 | Vehicle door latch A vehicle door latch has a locking mechanism and an unlatching mechanism that cooperate with each other and an inside handle lever so the door latch can be unlocked and unlatched by an inside door handle or the like.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5967571 | Vacuum actuated mechanical latch A vacuum actuated mechanical latch is attachable to a hermetically sealable container. The latch is attached, formed, or otherwise integral with the door of the container. The latch is easily engaged and disengaged by processing equipment. Also, the latch... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5967698 | Permitting two adjacent pipe lengths to be joined together A method for permitting the joining together of two adjacent pipe lengths with adjacent ends curving with substantially the same sense, the method comprising rotating the end of one of the pipe lengths about its axis until it curves in substantially the o... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5964111 | Pick-resistant pin-tumbler lock A pick resistant lock assembly has two lock sections which can be opened in two stages separated by time using a single key. Both lock sections share the same multiple stacks of locking pin tumblers which engage the machined depths provided on the key, bu... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5964487 | Impact resistant security door auxiliary latch mechanism A security door latching mechanism and complementary receiver are arranged to be installed within a door and a complementary door jamb. In the preferred embodiment, the installation takes place in a vehicle and the latching mechanism can be installed eith... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5964112 | Locking cylinder and locking apparatus A locking cylinder (1) with a cylindrical housing (2) of which the core bore (7) receives a cylindrical core (8) having a key channel (9) with core pins provided in the cylindrical core and housing pins displaceably guided in housing pin bores, the housin... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5961162 | Apparatus and method for mounting latching devices A latch is mounted in an aperture in a door, panel or the like by first and second retaining members. The first retaining member limits rotational movement of the latch and the second retaining member limits axial movement of the latch.... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961166 | Automotive vehicle door handle assembly An interior door handle assembly for locking and releasing a door latch mechanism is connected to the door latch mechanism by a single push/pull operating cable. The latch mechanism has a release lever and a locking lever, the release lever and locking le... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961163 | Motor-vehicle door latch with antitheft protection A motor-vehicle door latch has a latching fork and a release pawl engageable with the fork and pivotal between a latched position retaining the fork in a latched position engaged around a bolt and an unlatched position in which the fork can release the bo... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961165 | Outer door handle structure for vehicular door An outer door handle structure is operated as a directly operating system wherein an engaging piece of an unlocking lever for unlocking a door is directly depressed by the tip portion of an operating lever mounted on an outer door handle via an arm portio... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957641 | Headed fastener with precisely calculated groove under head to accommodate O'ring sealing member as a self-sealing assembly A sealing fastener, such as a sealing rivet, is disclosed for sealing engagement with a workpiece. The sealing fastener has a head and a shank extending from a lower surface of the head. An aperture passes through the head and shank, and a mandrel and col... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5953940 | Easily operable combination padlock An easily operable combination padlock includes: a casing, a shackle having a long leg member and a short leg member respectively lockable with a pair of locking shuttles slidably held in the casing, a plurality of dials and sleeves rotatably mounted on a... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5951068 | Lock for sliding door A lock for the locking of a sliding closure. The lock includes a housing (10) with a pair of hook shaped locking elements (11) which are mounted for counter-rotation within the housing. A handle (26) is mounted for rotation on the housing and is coupled t... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5947536 | Latch device for a tailgate of a vehicle The invention is directed to a latch device for a tailgate of a vehicle having a motorized unit rotatably located on the tailgate along with a manually operated handle. The motorized unit selectively and through mechanical connections rotates either the m... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5947535 | Dual motion, quick release latch mechanism A latch mechanism which includes exterior and interior handle assemblies connected by a bar with a cammed surface such that the latch mechanism can be actuated by pushing, pulling, or turning a handle. Pushing or turning the exterior handle causes the bar... | 09/07/1999 |
