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Closure fasteners March listing by industry category 03/10

20100072761 - Global side door latch: The latch includes a ratchet and pawl operable to move between an engaged position to hold a striker and a released position to permit the striker from exiting the latch. In addition, a release lever and a lock lever are pivotally mounted to the opposite surface of the latch housing.... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20100072762 - Lockset: A lockset for a door has knobs which are generally conical in shape and tapered inwardly with distance from the door surface to prevent attachment of a noose. Finger receiving concavities are provided circumferentially about the inward tapering surface of the knob to facilitate grasping without providing any projection about... Agent: Law Offices Of John R. Mugno

20100072763 - Method and apparatus for shimming door latch keeper plate: Shims are provided to be placed behind a door jamb strike plate in order to reduce the distance between the door edge and the strike plate. Decreasing the distance between the strike plate and the door permits the dead latch or the locking arm of a door latch to more... Agent: Rick B. Yeager, Attorney

20100066100 - Fastening device for a fitting, e.g. a lock case, bar guide, or similar: The description is of a fastening device for securing a fitting such as a lock case, bar guide, or the like, to the back of a thin wall such as a sheet metal cabinet door which is provided, if necessary, with an opening for the fitting. According to the invention,... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20100066101 - Connecting device for concealed-type top or bottom latch for panic exit door lock: A connecting device (40) for a concealed-type latch of a lock for a panic exit door includes a connecting member (46) having an end (464) operably coupled to a latch (128). A draw rod (48) includes an end (484) pivotably coupled to the other end (462) of the connecting member... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100066102 - Adjustable sliding device for panic exit door lock: A lock for a door includes a latch to which an end of a connecting device is operably coupled, so that movement of the connecting device in a vertical direction causes movement of the latch between locking and unlocking positions. A base is fixed to the door, and a slide... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100066103 - Motor-driven lock with a rotary bolt: The invention relates to a motor-driven lock with a rotary bolt, especially for rear doors, hatches or trunks of automotive vehicles, comprising a rotary bolt and a latch, also rotary between a closed position, in which it retains the bolt in a locking position, and another releasing position, in which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100066104 - Hood restraint device: A restraint device includes a latch and a catch. The latch is rotatable between a first latch position and a second latch position about a latch axis of rotation, which is remote from the latch. The catch is provided with a first arm and a second arm. The catch is... Agent: Volvo Technology Of America, Corporate Patents

20100066105 - Locking device: The present invention relates, on the one hand, to a device (1) for locking an opening element (3) with respect to a fixed element (23) of a motor vehicle body, characterized in that it is intended to be fixed on a wall (3a) of the opening element or of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100060018 - Cab lock mechanism of vehicle: A link 11 reaches a locking position in response to movement of a rod 9. A cab lock hook 12 is rotatably supported by the link 11, and arrives at a locking position in response to rotation of the link 11 toward the locking position, thereby engaging with a pin... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100060019 - Door handle device: A door handle device is provided with: a door handle 9 by which the door of a vehicle can be opened and closed; a mounting bracket 11 for supporting the door handle 9 through a supporting shaft 15 so that the door handle can be swung in the back-and-forth direction... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20100060020 - Door latch assembly and methods of use thereof: A door latch assembly is attachable to a door jamb. The door latch assembly includes a base member and an extension member. The base member is mountable to the door jamb. The extension member is connectable to the base member such that the extension member extends from the base member.... Agent: Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.

20100052334 - Pin release assembly: A pin release assembly comprises an outer housing that is held in place to allow the outer housing to only rotate. An inner spool is supported for axial movement in relation to the outer housing. Rotation of the outer housing axially moves the inner spool. The inner spool is operatively... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20100052335 - Release handle with integrated inertia locking mechanism: An integrated inertia locking mechanism may be incorporated with a door handle assembly and is particularly beneficial in acceleration events, such as a multiple axis crash, by counteracting the forces of inertia caused by such crash. In an exemplary aspect, the integrated inertia locking mechanism will prevent the door latch... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20100052336 - Lock device having a multi-part pawl: A lock unit (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising at least a catch (2), a first pawl (3) having a pawl rotation axis (4), and a blocking lever (5), in which the catch (2) in a locked state of the lock unit (1) transfers a pivoting moment onto the first... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20100052338 - Gasket-compensating latch mechanism: A latch for an appliance or the like provides a floating bolt assembly spring biasing a door against a sealing gasket in different positions depending on gasket compliance. A lock provides a stop that may adjustably bridge a distance between the latch frame and the floating bolt assembly as the... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP (itw)

20100052337 - Latch system for a door of an automobile: A system is provided for latching a door of an automobile. The system includes, but is not limited to, a first power source, second power source, a latch for the door coupled to the first power source and the second power source, and an electronic control unit configured to control... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20100052339 - Locker structure: A locker structure is disclosed. The structure comprises a housing, latch, bolt, sliding member triggering rod, positioned within the housing, wherein the sliding member has a bottom edge provided with a slot holding a spring and a steel bead such that the sliding member moves to urge at the bolt... Agent: Leong C Lei

20100052340 - Door restraining device: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a door restraining device. In one embodiment, the door restraining device includes a base portion having a first end and an opposite, second end defining therebetween a base body having a base length and extending along a first direction, a first wall... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20100052341 - Vehicle latch with secondary engagement between cam and auxiliary pawl: In a first aspect, the invention is directed to a vehicle latch including a ratchet, a main pawl, a cam, and at least one auxiliary pawl, wherein a secondary engagement is provided between the cam and the at least one auxiliary pawl in case a primary engagement between the cam... Agent: Magna International, Inc.