| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 070372000 | Operating elements, parts and adjuncts | 34 |
| 20110011139 | KEY CYLINDER LOCK ARRANGEMENTS - A recodeable lock includes a housing, a cylinder plug, a plurality of wafer tumblers, and a sidebar coupled with the cylinder plug. The sidebar is assembled with a plurality of code blocks and a codebar releasably securing the code blocks to the sidebar. A liftbar is disposed in the housing radially outward of the cylinder plug and is configured to selectively engage a radially outward extending appendage of the codebar when the cylinder plug and sidebar are rotated to a recoding orientation, to release the code blocks from the sidebar. The housing includes a circumferential track axially positioned to receive the appendage of the codebar to permit greater than 180 degree rotation of the cylinder plug and sidebar with respect to the housing. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20120079861 | Lock Assembly - The present invention relates to a lock assembly which includes a lock body. The lock body is adapted to receive a lock barrel. The lock barrel has a plurality of passages. Each of the passages is in communication at one end with the lock body and open at the other end. The lock assembly also includes at least one wafer and a lower pin part. The wafer is received in one of the passages. The lower pin part is received in at least one of the remainder of the passages. The wafer has a column. One end of the column is adapted to include a key engaging surface whilst the other end is adapted to rest on a wall of the lock body. The lock barrel has a key slot which is in communication with the passages. The key slot is adapted to receive a key with a low cut adapted to correspond to the key engaging surface. The column is so configured as to provide a gap between the key engaging surface and the low cut when the key is a bump key. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120266639 | DOOR LOCK APPARATUS - The door lock apparatus of the invention includes: a latch mechanism; a lock mechanism having a link | 10-25-2012 |
| 070373000 | Cylinder | 9 |
| 20090293564 | Lock and Associated Key - A lock with associated key, of the type comprising a stator provided with a substantially cylindrical longitudinal cavity for accommodating a rotor with a longitudinal recess for the insertion of a coded key. The rotor and the stator comprise a plurality of channels which accommodate respective pins, complementary pins and optional elastic elements. At least one of the pins has at least one substantially lateral protruding tab, whose upper edge is suitably contoured. The key has a cross-section that is complementary to the cross-section of the longitudinal recess when the pins, at the regions aligned with the tab, are in a configuration for disengaging the stator and the rotor, accommodating with contact the end of the pins in respective coding recesses and the contoured rim of the corresponding tab on complementarily shaped portions. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100031716 | KEY AND CORE WITH SIDE PIN - A lock core and key blank are disclosed. The disclosed lock core includes a core body, a core sleeve, a core plug, and a side pin assembly including a side pin, a region pin, and a spring. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20110083484 | LOCKING DEVICE WITH ASSOCIATED KEY AND BLOCKING RIB SENSING - A locking device which has a lock cylinder and a matching key. The key has a key bit with at least one coding notch and a blocking rib with at least one indentation. The lock cylinder has a housing with a bearing bore and a cylinder core that is mounted in the bearing bore and a blocking member. The blocking member is engagable in a blocking recess of the bearing bore and prevents rotation of the cylinder core. A pivot lever is mounted in the cylinder core and has a bearing end about which the pivot lever pivots, and a sensing end which senses the blocking rib The pivot lever closes off a capturing opening for the housing pin when the blocking rib is the proper height and opens the capturing opening after a partial rotation of the cylinder core when the blocking rib is missing. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20120118032 | LOCK CYLINDER AND MATCHING KEY - The invention relates to a lock cylinder comprising: a cylinder core ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20140137613 | Lock Cylinder - A lock cylinder includes a housing, in which a sleeve having a cylinder core accommodated therein is rotatably supported. The cylinder core has spring-loaded tumblers forming a form closure with recesses arranged in the sleeve when a key engaging the tumblers is removed. Inside the housing, the sleeve is coupled to a coupling element by means of a disengaging sleeve. The coupling element is supported inside the housingand connected to a bearing in a rotationally-fixed manner. The bearing supports an output element. At least one of the sleeve and the coupling element forms a form closure with the bearing to block the rotation of the output element if an improper object is used in operative connection with the cylinder core. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20150354247 | MAGNETICALLY ENHANCED KEY AND LOCK SYSTEM - The magnetic anti-tampering system of the present invention provides a mechanical and magnetic security system. It utilizes a modified paracentric key and a locking assembly affixed to a component inside of a paracentric lock. The present invention increases the security of a pair centric lock by defeating the unauthorized operation of pair centric locks by unauthorized users, such as inmates, who have fabricated copies of the authentic, paracentric keys. Paracentric locks and keys are the most common type of locks used in jails, state prisons, and detention facilities. The locking system requires that both the teeth of the key and the magnetic pairs of the key and locking dog combine to open the lock. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160145896 | Locking System, Key and Key Blank - A locking system comprises a lock cylinder which has a cylinder housing, a cylinder core rotatably supported in the cylinder housing and having a keyway, and has a plurality of tumblers which partly project into the keyway, and which furthermore comprises a key which has a key bow and a key shaft which has a shaft profile for acting on the tumblers. An abutment section is formed at the key shaft between the key bow and the shaft profile, said abutment section having an abutment profile having at least one projection and an undercut formed between the projection and the shaft profile. The lock cylinder furthermore comprises a movable counter-abutment. In this respect, the abutment section of the key and the movable counter-abutment of the lock cylinder are arranged and configured such that, on an introduction of the key into the keyway, the abutment section abuts the movable counter-abutment with at least one abutment surface within the keyway and in so doing forms the only active abutment formed at the key for limiting the introduction of the key into the keyway to a correct axial introduction depth. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160160528 | Key and rotary cylinder lock with key | 06-09-2016 |
| 070374000 | Adjustable | 1 |
| 20110126600 | CYLINDER LOCK WITH CYLINDER HOUSING AND FLAT KEY FOR A CYLINDER LOCK - The invention relates to a cylinder lock comprising housing pins ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 070375000 | Plug | 5 |
| 20080289379 | SELF-LOCKING CYLINDER LOCK - A self-locking removable plug cylinder lock not requiring a key for the lock to be inserted into a latch aperture and secured in a locked position is provided. The lock includes a cylindrical tumbler-key plug and a locking pin positioned in a generally normal direction to an axial axis of the tumbler-key plug. The locking pin is operable to move in a generally radial inward direction without the use of a key when the plug lock is inserted into a latch aperture. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100018266 | MULTI-PIECE PLUG ASSEMBLY FOR A CYLINDER LOCK - A cylinder lock assembly includes a cylinder body and a plug assembly which is manufactured in a multiple of pieces to facilitate casting of each plug piece in a single operation. The plug assembly includes a plug body with a plug insert opening to receive a plug insert. The plug insert opening is generally L-shaped in cross-section to receive the plug insert which is correspondingly shaped. The plug insert includes a plug outer portion which defines an arcuate outer surface which corresponds with the outer circumference of the plug body when the plug insert is mounted therein. A plug pin chamber portion extends generally transverse to the plug outer portion to define a multiple of tumbler pin chambers which extend through the plug outer portion. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20110072869 | MULTI-PIECE PLUG ASSEMBLY FOR A CYLINDER LOCK - A cylinder lock assembly includes a cylinder body and a plug assembly which is manufactured in a multiple of pieces to facilitate casting of each plug piece in a single operation. The plug assembly includes a plug body with a plug insert opening to receive a plug insert. The plug insert opening is generally L-shaped in cross-section to receive the plug insert which is correspondingly shaped. The plug insert includes a plug outer portion which defines an arcuate outer surface which corresponds with the outer circumference of the plug body when the plug insert is mounted therein. A plug pin chamber portion extends generally transverse to the plug outer portion to define a multiple of tumbler pin chambers which extend through the plug outer portion. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110154871 | LOCK CYLINDER STRUCTURE - A lock cylinder structure comprises a cylinder body, a plug disposed within the cylinder body, a pin assembly and a key positioning assembly. The cylinder body has a plurality of upper pin holes and an accommodating hole. The plug has an outside wall, a keyhole, a plurality of lower pin holes and a through hole in communication with the outside wall and the keyhole. The pin assembly comprises a plurality of upper pins disposed within the upper pin holes and a plurality of lower pins disposed within the lower pin holes. The key positioning assembly comprises a first movable member disposed at the accommodating hole of the cylinder body and a second movable member disposed at the through hole of the plug. The second movable member contacts against the first movable member and has a push-receiving surface. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20160108642 | CYLINDER LOCK - This invention relates to a cylinder lock | 04-21-2016 |
| 070376000 | Tumblers | 9 |
| 20090277237 | LOCK ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A lock arrangement includes a housing defining a longitudinal axis and a keyway substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a lock cylinder positioned within the housing and extending around at least a portion of the keyway. The lock arrangement also includes a tumbler supported in the lock cylinder for movement relative to the lock cylinder between a locked position, in which rotation of the lock cylinder relative to the housing is prevented, and an unlocked position, in which the lock cylinder is rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the housing. One of the locked and unlocked positions of the tumbler is changeable after the tumbler is supported in the lock cylinder to code the lock to a key. The lock arrangement further includes an indicator at least partially supportable in the keyway for showing that a key has been inserted into the keyway to code the lock. | 11-12-2009 |
| 070377000 | Plate | 5 |
| 20090272160 | Lock structure - A lock includes a body, a key-operated core in the body, two spring-biased plates slideable on a recessed portion of the body, and a locking crutch to be fastened to the body with the spring-biased plates. The body has crutch embedding holes on two sides of the core; the core has a plate part, and force is applied to the spring-biased plates through the plate part when the core is turned. The locking crutch has a groove on each of two ends to engage a corresponding said plate. The plates are biased to engage the locking crutch when the core is in the locking position; and, the plates are forced to disengage from the locking crutch by turning the lock core to the unlocking position. Saw-resistant pins are inserted in receiving holes formed on a periphery of the lock body to protect the lock against a saw. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100050717 | RE-KEYABLE CYLINDER LOCK - A re-keyable cylinder lock has a control member to permit or restrict transverse movement of a re-keying unit. The control member is movable axially between first and second positions and transversely to a third position from the second position. In the third position, the re-keying unit moves transversely and disengages from first tumbler pieces. A limit member is provided to prevent the control member from moving axially when no right key is inserted into a plug. A security arm is connected to the control member and is breakable so that destructive forces cannot reach the control member. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100212382 | KEY AND DISC TUMBLER CYLINDER LOCK - The invention relates to a disc tumbler cylinder lock and a key for it. The key according to the invention comprises a groove that is transverse to the key shank. The groove comprises a bottom section and side sections that are transverse to the bottom section between the bottom section and the outer surface of the key shank. The bottom section of the groove is the key's main driving surface used to transfer turning force to the disc tumbler cylinder lock. This reduces wear on the O-surfaces of the key because the O-surfaces do not transfer the majority or any of the key turning force to the disc tumbler cylinder lock. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100300164 | Wafer-type Tumbler Cylinder - A wafer-type tumbler cylinder comprises a sleeve, a cylinder, some wafers, some springs, some riveting plates and some U-shaped fixtures. The wafer-type tumbler cylinder is an integral cylindrical shaft having U-shaped indentations and riveting plates made in a consistent operation. After the placement of every two wafers and one shared spring into the cylindrical shaft, the riveting plates are pressed into a horizontal position to secure the wafers spring; furthermore, all the riveting plates are installed on the left or right side, or on both sides. The improved structure of riveting plates and shared spring for every two wafers enables the key to move forward and backward smoothly, and also enables the users to lock and unlock easily and successfully. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20160194900 | KEY CYLINDER DEVICE | 07-07-2016 |
| 070378000 | Pin | 3 |
| 20080289380 | Pin Assembly - The invention provides a pin assembly ( | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090139288 | Device and method for opening a pin tumbler type of lock - The invention is a device for opening a pin tumbler type of lock, wherein the pin tumbler type of lock has a number of driver pins and a number of key pins, each of the key pins aligned with one of the driver pins. The device has a housing with a key end and a spring end. A spring inside the housing is located at the spring end of the housing. A slide has a first end fitting inside the housing and abutting an end of the spring. A trigger mechanism is attached to the housing and engages the slide. A key holder is attached to a second end of the slide. A bottom cut key is inserted into the key holder. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20110079059 | LOCKING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A LOCK CYLINDER AND A MATCHING KEY - A locking arrangement with a lock cylinder and matching key. The key has a flat key bit with a narrow spine, two broad sides, and coding notches at coding positions on the key bit. The cylinder has a housing, core, tumblers, and a sensing member located in a supplementary core hole. Spacing from the spine of the sensing point is greater than spacing from the spine of the apex of the notch is cut the deepest. The sensing point is near a peripheral edge of a notch cut less such that deepening the notch to a depth of the notch cut the deepest leads to disappearance of the sensing point. For protection against unlocking, the supplementary core hole is located between adjacent core holes and the sensing member has a tip which the sensing point on a broad side of the key situated between adjacent coding positions is sensed. | 04-07-2011 |
| 070379000 | Operating connections | 7 |
| 20090107194 | CYLINDER LOCK AND UNLOCKING DEVICE COMPRISING THEREOF - A cylinder lock, includes a sleeve, a key plug arranged in the sleeve and having a key insert hole opening on an edge face of a key insert side, a key matching member movably supported on the key plug, detachably arranged in the sleeve and withdrawn from the sleeve by an insertion of a matching key into the key insert hole, and a clutch arranged on an opposite side of the key insert side of the sleeve for transmitting an unlocking movement of an operating handle to a locking mechanism. The clutch has an input clutch element pivoting/moving by an input of the unlocking movement of the operating handle and an output clutch element moving by receiving a moving force from the input clutch element, the output clutch element is detachably coupled with the sleeve, and the input clutch element is detachably coupled with the sleeve and is arranged in a position to withdraw the output clutch element from the sleeve moving in an axial direction by a pivotal movement by the input of the unlocking movement in a locking state of the key matching member. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090277238 | ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSMITTING MOVEMENT BETWEEN, IN PARTICULAR, A VEHICLE DOOR CATCH AND LOCK - A rotary output member that is a motor vehicle door catch and a rotary input member of a mechanism that is a motor vehicle door lock is disclosed. The arrangement includes a movement transmitting device that is inserted between the two rotary members, the transmission shaft of the two ends of which, together with the rotary output and input members, form articulated universal joints allowing some degree of axial misalignment. Each end of the shaft is ball shaped, collaborating with a complementary rotary member part. The ball at the door catch end of the transmission shaft is a faceted ball, the number of facets of which is defined according to the angle between the door catch and the door lock. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20130091909 | LOCK CYLINDER WITH JOGGLE JOINT STRUCTURE - A lock cylinder with joggle joint structure comprising a plug and a casing. Key pins are disposed within the plug. Driver pins are disposed within the casing. Inner ends of the key pin and the driver pin engage with each other to form an integral locking member. A plurality of integral locking members are disposed in the lock cylinder. An outer end of the driver pin is disposed with a spring. The inner end of the key pin is disposed with a mortise, the inner end of the driver pin is disposed with a tenon, and so the key pin and the driver pin engage with each other in form of a joggle joint. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20080216532 | Releasable Lock for a Motor Vehicle Lock Mechanism - A releasable latch, for a motor vehicle lock mechanism, includes a fixed stator having at least two semicylindrical portions, a rotor rotatably mounted in the fixed stator and includes a plurality of tumblers configured to be moved radially under an action of a key that is designed to be inserted axially into the rotor, and an intermediate tubular socket configured to rotate about an axis thereof in the fixed stator and to move axially relative to the fixed stator. The rotor is directly coupled with a control lever that acts as a earn when the key is suitable, and uncoupled from the control lever in a released position. The rotor is fixed axially in the intermediate socket, and the rotor and the intermediate socket are prevented from rotating relative to one another by the plurality of tumblers when the key is not suitable. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20100095721 | Locking Device For Functions Which Can be Carried Out in Particular on Vehicles - A locking device contains a locking cylinder with a freewheeling sleeve ( | 04-22-2010 |
| 070380000 | Rollbacks | 2 |
| 20090145186 | CAM PIN STOP APPARATUS - A cam pin stop apparatus is provided which is resistant to a malicious pop-open condition. The cam pin stop apparatus includes a cam pin configured to be movable along a first axis, and a cam pin stop configured to be movable to a release location to prevent the cam pin from substantially moving along a second axis, wherein the second axis is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. A potential energy may be released by the cam pin stop when it moves to the release location. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100132420 | Releasable Lock for a Motor Vehicle Locking System - The invention concerns a releasable lock ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 070379000 | Intermediate | 2 |
| 20090107194 | CYLINDER LOCK AND UNLOCKING DEVICE COMPRISING THEREOF - A cylinder lock, includes a sleeve, a key plug arranged in the sleeve and having a key insert hole opening on an edge face of a key insert side, a key matching member movably supported on the key plug, detachably arranged in the sleeve and withdrawn from the sleeve by an insertion of a matching key into the key insert hole, and a clutch arranged on an opposite side of the key insert side of the sleeve for transmitting an unlocking movement of an operating handle to a locking mechanism. The clutch has an input clutch element pivoting/moving by an input of the unlocking movement of the operating handle and an output clutch element moving by receiving a moving force from the input clutch element, the output clutch element is detachably coupled with the sleeve, and the input clutch element is detachably coupled with the sleeve and is arranged in a position to withdraw the output clutch element from the sleeve moving in an axial direction by a pivotal movement by the input of the unlocking movement in a locking state of the key matching member. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090277238 | ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSMITTING MOVEMENT BETWEEN, IN PARTICULAR, A VEHICLE DOOR CATCH AND LOCK - A rotary output member that is a motor vehicle door catch and a rotary input member of a mechanism that is a motor vehicle door lock is disclosed. The arrangement includes a movement transmitting device that is inserted between the two rotary members, the transmission shaft of the two ends of which, together with the rotary output and input members, form articulated universal joints allowing some degree of axial misalignment. Each end of the shaft is ball shaped, collaborating with a complementary rotary member part. The ball at the door catch end of the transmission shaft is a faceted ball, the number of facets of which is defined according to the angle between the door catch and the door lock. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20130091909 | LOCK CYLINDER WITH JOGGLE JOINT STRUCTURE - A lock cylinder with joggle joint structure comprising a plug and a casing. Key pins are disposed within the plug. Driver pins are disposed within the casing. Inner ends of the key pin and the driver pin engage with each other to form an integral locking member. A plurality of integral locking members are disposed in the lock cylinder. An outer end of the driver pin is disposed with a spring. The inner end of the key pin is disposed with a mortise, the inner end of the driver pin is disposed with a tenon, and so the key pin and the driver pin engage with each other in form of a joggle joint. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20080216532 | Releasable Lock for a Motor Vehicle Lock Mechanism - A releasable latch, for a motor vehicle lock mechanism, includes a fixed stator having at least two semicylindrical portions, a rotor rotatably mounted in the fixed stator and includes a plurality of tumblers configured to be moved radially under an action of a key that is designed to be inserted axially into the rotor, and an intermediate tubular socket configured to rotate about an axis thereof in the fixed stator and to move axially relative to the fixed stator. The rotor is directly coupled with a control lever that acts as a earn when the key is suitable, and uncoupled from the control lever in a released position. The rotor is fixed axially in the intermediate socket, and the rotor and the intermediate socket are prevented from rotating relative to one another by the plurality of tumblers when the key is not suitable. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20100095721 | Locking Device For Functions Which Can be Carried Out in Particular on Vehicles - A locking device contains a locking cylinder with a freewheeling sleeve ( | 04-22-2010 |
| 070381000 | Cylinder rings | 1 |
| 20160024815 | CYLINDER LOCK - In a cylinder lock having a pivot member pivoted in response to pivoting by a legitimate mechanical key inserted into a key hole, a first rotor is linked to an outer cylinder relatively non-pivotably but movably along an insertion direction of a mechanical key, and a second rotor abuts against the first rotor from a side opposite to a rotor-receiving part provided on a housing and the outer cylinder and is linked to a pivot member relatively non-pivotably but movably along the insertion direction, and during pivoting of the outer cylinder in response to an unauthorized pivoting operation of an inner cylinder, the first rotor and the second rotor move so as to detach from the rotor-receiving part due to a cam mechanism provided between the first rotor and the housing, thereby releasing engagement of the inner cylinder with the second rotor linked to the pivot member relatively non-pivotably. | 01-28-2016 |
