| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 070391000 | Operating elements | 55 |
| 20090071209 | Cam lock conversion assembly - A conversion assembly is disclosed for converting a standard cam lock assembly to a variety of different lock configuration. A kit is also provided which includes a standard cam lock subassembly and different components of a variety of lock configurations which facilitate use of the standard cam lock subassembly with the different lock configuration. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090293567 | Door lock recording device - A device electronically tracks the use of a key to open or close a lockset and retain information of the key to allow a user to query the device and receive information with respect to the last recorded status. The device includes an actuating arrangement to allow tracking of the acceleration of the key during a locking or unlocking motion. These tracked signals are evaluated relative to at least two known signals indicative of a locking movement or an unlocking movement. The user is able to query the device at a later point in time and receive timing information of the present status and timing information between changes in status. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100313618 | Minimalized keys and blanks for same - A “minimalized” key has the smallest length, overall volume and weight commensurate with the ability to operate a lock in the same manner as a corresponding conventional key. It is easily formed from a conventional key blank, preferably after unique edge profiling to suit the lock, by eliminating the head portion and providing an aperture in the remaining body portion for attachment of means that facilitate application of a torque to turn it to operate the lock. Minimalized key blanks are also easily and inexpensively made from strip stock of rectangular cross-section of appropriate dimensions by forming longitudinal grooves and an aperture in selected lengths thereof, and the minimalized key blanks so formed are then individually profiled to make minimalized keys to fit specific locks. They may also be color-coded to make them visibly distinguishable from one another. Because of their small size, minimalized keys, individually or attached to others, may be conveniently and safely carried in open casings or discreetly on the user's person. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110132050 | LOCKING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a locking device and to an actuating device for activating said locking device. | 06-09-2011 |
| 070392000 | Tumblers | 1 |
| 20090095038 | TUMBLER TYPE KEY - A tumbler-type key for use with a tumbler-type lock apparatus, which includes a support member, a movable member movable relative to the support member, and pin tumblers. The tumbler-type key includes a pattern of recessed portions and non-recessed portions arranged in a code pattern region of the tumbler-type key. When the tumbler-type key is inserted into or removed from the tumbler-type lock apparatus, the recessed portions and the non-recessed portions shift each of the pin tumblers between a locking state and an unlocking state so that movement of the movable member is prohibited or permitted depending on pin tumbler positions. The ratio of the quantity of the recessed portions or non-recessed portions relative to the total quantity of the recessed and non-recessed portions is set to fifty percent or greater to sixty percent or less. | 04-16-2009 |
| 070393000 | Keys | 50 |
| 20080307840 | Casing and electronic device using the same - A casing and an electronic device using the same are provided. The casing is disposed at the electronic device. The casing includes a frame and a key mechanism. The frame has a first lateral plate and a second lateral plate. The first lateral plate having at least one hole and at least one hook is connected to the second lateral plate. The key mechanism has a base plate, at least one trough and at least one key. The key protrudes along an extending direction and inserts into the hole. The base plate is disposed between the second lateral plate and the hook. The hook is wedged with the trough for connecting the key mechanism and the frame. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20110016937 | KEY ORGANIZING DEVICE - An organizing device including housing, cover, and sliding mechanism. The housing includes a cavity, at least one open end and at least one sliding mechanism opening extending in the longitudinal direction along the housing for receiving and retaining at least part of the sliding mechanism within the housing. The cover is removeably attached over the open end of the housing. Sliding mechanism includes an actuation portion or thumb actuator and mounting portion for mounting a key or other user device. The mounting portion of the sliding mechanism is positioned inside cavity of the housing and the actuation portion of the sliding mechanism extends though the sliding mechanism opening in the housing. In one implementation, the mounting mechanism may be permanently or removeably fixed to the user device. In the case of a key, the mounting mechanism may be mounted to the key blade to form the modified key. The sliding mechanism is movable longitudinally along the housing to retract and extend the user device in and out of one end of the housing. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110088440 | Key with a Key Light Function - A key with a key light function comprising at least one light source ( | 04-21-2011 |
| 20140298870 | Mechatronic locking device - The invention relates to a mechatronic locking device comprising: a locking cylinder having a control circuit and a security key associated with the locking cylinder having a memory circuit, wherein informational signals can be exchanged between the control circuit of the locking cylinder and the memory circuit of the security key via a communication channel, wherein the security key further comprises a contact element which is connected to the memory circuit of the security key via a contact section integrated on the security key, wherein the locking cylinder further comprises a contact element which is connected to the control circuit of the locking cylinder, wherein the contact elements are electrically in contact to each other when the security key is inserted and wherein said communication channel conducts between the control circuit and the memory circuit via the contact section integrated in the security key and the two contact elements. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140326028 | Concealed Handcuff Key - Described herein are several versions of concealed handcuff keys including a key concealed within a pouch as a zipper pull, a key concealed as a common pen cap/clip, a key concealed as a coin, a key concealed as a bootlace/shoelace end, and a key concealed within a receiver in the back side of a belt buckle. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140360236 | KEY HAVING A RETRACTABLE INSERT AND CORRESPONDING DEPLOYMENT MODULE - The present invention relates to a key ( | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150007625 | COMBINED FASHION ACCESSORY AND KEY - This invention provides a combined fashion accessory and key. The fashion accessory includes a decorative head having front and back sides, an elongate shaft having first and second opposed ends. The first end of the elongate shaft is attached to the back side of the decorative head, and an elongate bar is pivotally connected to the second end of the elongate shaft. The elongate bar has at least one key feature at a first end thereof so that the elongate bar is a key. When the elongate bar is longitudinally aligned with said elongate shaft in a second locking position, the decorative head, in combination with the elongate shaft and the elongate bar provides a key functionality such that when the key feature is inserted into a lock and a user grips a grippable peripheral portion of the decorative head and rotates it, torque is applied to the elongate bar thus rotating it and the key feature to unlock the lock. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150300042 | KEY WITH INDICATION "LOCKED - UNLOCKED" OF A CYLINDER LOCK - A key with indication “locked-unlocked” of a cylinder lock and comprising in its gripping section a manually movable slider for indicating “locked-unlocked” is designed in a way that in a gripping section there is arranged a recess comprising in its central section a pair of projections, wherein the slider arranged in the recess consists of two halves containing a mutually complementary middle tubular part and an external wide part extending at least partially over the contour of the recess. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150330101 | KEY HAVING A RETRACTABLE INSERT WITH LIMITED CLEARANCE - A motor vehicle key includes a casing, an insert, a mechanism for deploying the insert, an upper rim of an upper area of the support, and a lower rim of a lower area of the support, the upper rim and the lower rim extending between a rotation end of the key and a blocking end, the upper area and the lower area forming a movement sector of the support, a first play between the rotation end and the support. The movement sector of the support includes at least one constriction point, exhibiting a second play, smaller than the first play, in relation to said support. | 11-19-2015 |
| 070394000 | Picking | 4 |
| 20090266124 | PANTOGRAPHIC-TYPE OPENING AND READING TOOL KIT - The present invention has the purpose of unlocking the cylinder into the pantographic-type locks and identify the code with no need to disassembly the cylinder, which consists on a pantographic-type key with a channel, where wires with angled curved-ends move with the purpose of aligning the throats set in respect to the cylinder tangent; and the jacket line where the handle of the pantographic-type key and piston are placed to move the wire with angled-ends. To perform the code reading, three metal plates and two labels will be used with the representation of the printed throats levels. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100116008 | Pin tumbler lock releasing system - A pin tumbler lock releasing system includes keyway insertible and universally configured lift, key and shim devices that cooperatively work to raise the pin stacks of a pin tumbler lock to just above its shear line so that a its plug element may be rotate within its outer casing in order to disengage it locking mechanism. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20120067092 | RAPID ACCESS KEY ENTRY TO BYPASS A LOCK - A lock bumping tool includes a key portion. The key portion has a cut length of a maximum depth at the key distal end and a strike portion that surrounds a proximal end of the key. The strike portion extends outwardly in the same plane as the key. When the key portion is placed in a keyway and the strike portion is activated by a planar force, the key portion creates a gap between an upper pin and a lower pin in the keyway allowing for a lock to be turned. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20160010360 | PIN TUMBLER LOCK PICK KIT AND METHOD OF USE | 01-14-2016 |
| 070395000 | Multi-part structures | 17 |
| 20090126429 | INPUT KEY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An exemplary key includes a main body and a glazed layer. The main body has a contact receiving surface. The glazed layer is formed on at least one part of the contact receiving surface of the main body. The main body is made of ceramic materials. A method of making the present key is also provided. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090241621 | KEY ASSEMBLY - A key assembly ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20110277521 | MECHANICAL MODULE FOR A VEHICLE KEY, AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - The present invention relates to a key ( | 11-17-2011 |
| 20130167601 | KEY WITH SPRING-LOADED WINDOW BREAKER - A multipurpose key for use by vehicle operators in the case of emergency. In addition to conventional key electronics, the key including a glass-breaking spike, an open slot cutter for cutting seat belts and the like, and may also include a light, an alarm, and other functions. The multipurpose key is formed as a single key unit so as to be always available in the ignition slot of the vehicle in case of emergency. A key portion may be separable from the glass-breaking spike portion. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130205847 | SAFETY KEY DEVICE - The present/invention comprises a key device ( | 08-15-2013 |
| 070396000 | With foldable shank or stem | 6 |
| 20090113964 | Key with retractable stem, comprising means for moving the stem into a deployed position - The invention provides a key ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100154497 | MECHANICAL KEY AND LOCKING/UNLOCKING KEY - The portability of a mechanical key and a locking/unlocking key having the mechanical key is improved. The mechanical key is housed in a portable device in such a manner that a key plate is folded into two at a portion formed with an inner groove. Thus, the housing space for housing the mechanical key can be reduced and the portable device can be made smaller. Accordingly, the portability of the locking/unlocking key can be improved. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110030430 | MECHANICAL MODULE FOR A VEHICLE KEY AND A KEY PROVIDED WITH SUCH A MODULE - The present invention relates to a key and to a mechanical module for a key having a key body and a key bit fitted to this key body such that it can pivot about a rotation axis between a use position and a stowed away position, the mechanical module being of the type comprising a pivoting support, holding the key bit and engaging with a control button, the control button having a first mechanical means for preventing rotation which is able to engage with a second mechanical means for preventing rotation of a casing element of the key body, it being possible for the control button to be positioned in a normal position and in a position in which it is depressed parallel to the rotation axis, the first mechanical means engaging with the second mechanical means at least at four points around the rotation axis when the control button is in its normal position. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20120060572 | PIVOTABLE KEY WITH REINFORCED POSITION LATCHING FOR ACTUATING A LOCK | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120272698 | KEY AND MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - In a key, in particular a motor vehicle key, having a key head manufactured from plastic and a bit, which is anchored on the key head and is movable between an idle position and a usage position protruding from the key head, a first part of the key head, on which the bit engages, is manufactured from a fiber-reinforced plastic and a second part, which forms an outer envelope of the key head, is manufactured from a fiber-free plastic. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20140020439 | FLIP KEY FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE WITH ENHANCED RESISTANCE TO FORCES EXERTED ONTO AN INSERT OF SUCH FLIP KEY - The invention relates to an automotive vehicule key in which a button ( | 01-23-2014 |
| 070397000 | With extensible shank or stem | 1 |
| 20110259064 | KEY WITH STOWABLE INSERT AND CORRESPONDING EXTENSION MODULE - The invention relates to a key, in particular for an automobile, which comprises:—a casing ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 070398000 | With slidable bit portion | 1 |
| 20090188288 | Lock Device - There is provided a lock device which is adapted to hold a lid member | 07-30-2009 |
| 070399000 | With pivoted or swinging bit portion | 2 |
| 20120285208 | KEY HAVING A RETRACTABLE INSERT WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL STRENGTH - The invention relates to a module for extending a retractable insert of a key, in particular for a motor vehicle, which is intended to be mounted in a casing for said key and which comprises an insert ( | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130298622 | KEY HAVING A RETRACTABLE INSERT, AND RELATED INSERT-EXTENDING MODULE - The invention relates to a retractable key comprising an upper half-shell ( | 11-14-2013 |
| 070400000 | Nested second key | 2 |
| 20120006083 | ELECTRONIC LOCK - Provided is an electronic lock which achieves improved productivity while maintaining the performance of waterproofness for an internal electronic circuit of an insertion portion for a mechanical lock. Specifically provided is an electronic lock provided with a portable machine ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20130263632 | ELECTRONIC KEY - An electronic key for wireless operation of a lock, in particular motor vehicle lock, with a housing shell ( | 10-10-2013 |
| 070402000 | Single shank or stem | 10 |
| 20120297844 | KEY WITH A DECORATIVE HEAD OR BOW, WHERE THE DECORATION CAN TAKE THE SHAPE OF ANY FIGURATIVE FEATURE - The invention is concerned with a key of which a head portion is moulded to have one or more integral figurative elements. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20150047398 | TWO-PIECE KEY ASSEMBLY - A key assembly is disclosed. The key assembly may have a blade with a head portion, a shank, and a transition region connecting the head portion to the shank. The key assembly may also have a head configured to receive the blade. The head may have a shoulder located at the transition region to limit engagement of the head with the blade, and at least one tang located at an end of the head opposite the shoulder. The at least one tang may be configured to engage a recess located within a side of the head portion and inhibit removal of the head from the blade. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150089984 | Key for a lock | 04-02-2015 |
| 070405000 | Flat rigid | 7 |
| 20090071210 | Combination key and glass scorer - A combination key and window glass scorer is described for use in breaking a vehicle window to enable escape in the event of an accident rendering opening of the vehicle doors or windows impossible. The combination device includes a key body having a head, a shank and an edge; and a window glass scorer attached to the head or shank of the key body. The scorer may be in the form of a rotatable wheel or a fixed scriber, with the scorer being harder on the Mohs hardness scale than the window glass to be scored. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20130081436 | Key - A key including a body having a first end, a second end and an axis is disclosed. The axis extends through the first and second ends. A toothed portion is adjacent to the first end, and a coupling portion is adjacent to the second end. An insertion portion has non-circular cross sections perpendicular to the axis and located intermediate the toothed portion and the coupling portion. The non-circular cross sections include at least one linear side and at least one arcuate side. The at least one arcuate side adjoins the at least one linear side and extends along a circular path. The body between the first end and the insertion portion and between the second end and the insertion portion has a radial extent from the axis less than or equal to the non-circular cross sections of the insertion portion. | 04-04-2013 |
| 070406000 | Cylinder lock type | 5 |
| 20110056258 | PROFILED KEY FOR CYLINDER LOCKS - A key for use in a cylinder lock with a rotatable key plug having a profiled keyway. The key comprises an elongated, substantially flay key blade ( | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110179840 | PROFILED KEY FOR CYLINDER LOCKS - A key for use in a cylinder lock with a rotatable key plug having an elongated key blade with a relatively wide lower portion and a relatively narrow upper portion. A step-like transition region between the wider lower portion and the narrow upper portion. The key blade includes a longitudinal profile groove located adjacent to the step-like transition region that extends along at least a portion of the length of the blade. An inner wall of groove is substantially parallel to a side surface of the lower portion of the key blade. The longitudinal profile groove includes an undercut portion adjacent to and inside a ridge portion of the key blade. The outside of ridge portion forms a part of the side surface of the blade in the relatively wide lower portion up to the step-like transition region and the inside of ridge portion facing inner wall of the groove. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110289990 | METHOD FOR PROFILING A FLAT REVERSIBLE KEY, AND FLAT REVERSIBLE KEY, BASED ON A FLAT REVERSIBLE KEY PROFILE, WHICH IS PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - A method for profiling broad sides of a flat reversible key. A key blank is clamped to expose the first broad side of the key blank and complementary grooves and ribs are milled using a milling cutter with cutter teeth by advance in the longitudinal direction of the key relative to the longitudinal section profile of the cutter teeth. The key blank is then clamped in a position turned by 180° about the longitudinal center axis of the key so that the second broad side of the blank is exposed, and complementary grooves and ribs are milled into the broad side with milling cutter, by advance in the longitudinal direction of the key. The cutter shaft axes is inclined at an angle of inclination (φ) relative to the longitudinal center plane of the key, at least one cutter tooth rib of the cutter teeth producing an undercut guide wall. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120272699 | LOCK-KEY SYSTEM - A lock-key system includes a key that can be inserted into a keyway of a lock cylinder, wherein said key is traceable by core pins or by locking elements which are movable in the cylinder core, wherein if there is a match, the cylinder core can be rotated by means of the inserted key. Lettering in the form of an impression and/or an embossment, serving as an identifier and including letters and/or numbers and/or symbols, is introduced into at least one lateral surface of the key shank—if a lateral profiling is present, into said lateral profiling. The lettering or individual letters, numbers, or the symbol or sub-areas thereof are traceable by core pins or locking elements having a correspondingly formed contact surface. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130091910 | CYLINDER LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH NON-ROTATING ELEMENTS - A key device including a shaft including a key-cut surface for forming inward key cuts thereon, a key head mounted on the shaft; and a fixed key pin protruding outwards from the key-cut surface. | 04-18-2013 |
| 070408000 | Bow or head | 5 |
| 20090158793 | KEY MECHANISM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20110296882 | Method for repairing a key and repaired key - A method for repairing the head of a “chip key” comprising the steps of providing a section of polyolefin tubing, forming the tubing to a blank slightly larger than the key head with a grommet defining a key ring hole, and assembling the blank about the key head and heat shrinking the same into tight engagement with the key head. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120031155 | Portable wireless key - A portable wireless key having an emergency key includes a body in which the emergency key is held. The body has an operation surface and a protrusion action portion. The operation surface defines a part of an outer side surface of the body. The protrusion action portion has a hook that is held in the body under a condition that the emergency key is held in the body. One push to the operation surface causes the protrusion action portion to perform a protrusion action. The protrusion action causes the protrusion action portion to protrude outward from the body in such a manner that the hook of the protrusion action portion is exposed outside the body. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20150047399 | MULTI-PIECE KEY ASSEMBLY - A key assembly is disclosed. The key assembly may have a blade, and a head configured to receive the blade. The key assembly may also have a locking feature separate from the blade and the head. The locking feature may be received by the head and configured to inhibit removal of the blade from the head via interference. The locking feature may deform during connection to the blade. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20170234034 | MAGNETIC KEY ASSEMBLY | 08-17-2017 |
| 070409000 | Bitting | 2 |
| 20080196461 | HIGH SECURITY KEY BLADE AND KEY - A high security key blade and key for use with a lock having a cylindrical shell, a key plug which is rotatably mounted in the shell, a longitudinal key slop in the key plug, and at least one locking tumbler assembly cooperating with the key being inserted into the lock. The locking tumbler assembly includes a pair of independently movable tumbler segments which are positionable in different elevational positions in a common cavity. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20150361689 | KEYS AND CORRESPONDING KEY ASSEMBLIES - A key whose blade is made of interchangeable elements with different bitting, which are mounted by inserting them one into the other along a central shaft which is common to all the elements and is fixed inside the bow or handle of the key. At the free end of the key opposite the bow, the shaft is solid with an end element that bears a locksmith's key code that is specific to a particular production series of keys and corresponding cylinders. Between the bow and the blade, there is a blade base which is integral with the bow and does not have a bitting. In flat keys, particularly those said to be symmetrical, guide ribs will be provided advantageously on the blade base, on the different interchangeable elements and on the end elements of the shaft, to guide the blade into the keyway of the corresponding lock cylinder. | 12-17-2015 |
| 070413000 | Magnetic features | 2 |
| 20100077813 | SECURITY CONTAINER WITH REARWARD FACING LOCK - A security container for retaining an item of merchandise therein; said security container comprising a base, a lid, a slider within the lid, a lid hole, a slider tab extending from the slider through the lid hole, and a locking mechanism unlocked through magnetic manipulation. The slider tab is located proximate the hinged side of the lid. As a user positions a key to magnetically unlock the locking mechanism, a protrusion on the key simultaneously pushes the slider tab which unlocks internal L-shaped lock tabs from hook tabs. The slider tab is located on the hinged side of the lid for aesthetic as well as safety purposes. By hiding the security features, potential customers focus on the product within the box. Likewise, a casual thief observing from the front and sides of the container is presented with no immediate means for entry. Thus, the invention provides a more secure container for displaying upscale merchandise. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20120055214 | MAGNET ACTIVATED SECURITY SYSTEM - A locking device for securing a structure comprising an inner body having an inner surface for attachment to the structure, an outer cover located circumferentially about the inner body, the outer cover freely rotating around the inner body in its securing configuration and a key for insertion into an opening in the outer body. First and second magnets are located in spaced apart first and second cavities within the key such that the magnets are oriented with the south pole of the first magnet and the north pole of the second magnet facing in the same direction. The magnets act on a pin within the body of the lock such that, in a first embodiment, when the key is removed from the lock body the pin is magnetically held away from contact with the inner body resulting in a free turning, locked configuration. When the key is inserted into the locking device the pin relocates to a second position causing the inner and outer body to move simultaneously so that rotational force applied to the outer cover is transmitted to the inner body placing the locking device in an unlocked configuration. | 03-08-2012 |
| 070414000 | Ejecting feature | 1 |
| 20080289382 | Retractable Insert Key Comprising Insert Driving Means - The invention proposes a key ( | 11-27-2008 |
