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Locks August inventions list 08/10

20100212371 - Disc brake locks: A disc brake lock used principally with motorcycles has a body (10) with a U-shaped slot (13) to receive an edge of the disc. A locking pin can be moved to extend through a hole in the disc to fix the lock to the disc. A limb (11) of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20100212372 - Security enclosure for a gun: A security enclosure for a handgun includes an enclosure base having an opening to an interior portion and a cover configured to selectively cover the opening in the enclosure base. The cover may be configured in a manner to rotate from a first position in which the cover blocks access... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20100212374 - Door latch device for a motor vehicle: An operation mechanism section has a key lever that follows operation of a key cylinder, a lock lever that can move to an unlock position where operation of an operation handle is enabled and to a lock position where it is disabled, linkage levers that, when the lock lever is... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20100212373 - Electronic door lock apparatus: Door lock apparatus, comprising in combination an elongated housing having input code selectors on the housing, to enable door locking and/or unlocking via a locking element, a locking handle protruding from the housing, a coupling in the housing having parts that interfit to enable force transmission between said handle and... Agent: William W. Haefliger

20100212375 - Multi-point entryway locking system and astargal: A multipoint locking system includes a body having an upper aperture and a lower aperture therein. An upper latch pawl is disposed in the upper aperture and is pivotable about a first vertical axis between a first retracted position and a first extended position. A lower latch pawl is disposed... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20100212376 - Locking system for a storage container: A lock system for a tool box is disclosed wherein locking is achieved with a lock which is located in a recessed portion along the front wall of the tool box in order to prevent tampering. A latch rod is slidably disposed adjacent a front wall of the box. The... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20100212377 - Electric steering lock for vehicle: In an electric steering lock for vehicles, an element for angular locking of a steering shaft is displaced by a driving group between a forward operational position, in which it holds the steering shaft in an angular position, and a retracted resting position in which it allows a free rotation... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20100212378 - Electric steering lock for motorcycle: An electric steering lock for a motorcycle includes a housing, a transmission assembly, a spindle, and a circuit board. The transmission assembly has an actuator, a first gear, a second gear and a sliding block each arranged within the housing in transmissive engagement with each other. The spindle is assembled... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20100212379 - Bicycle lock: A bicycle lock includes a first part and a second part located close to bicycle wheels by two bolts and two respective protection members are connected to the first part and the second part respectively. The protection members cover the heads of the bolts so that the unauthorized person cannot... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee Suite 105

20100212380 - Antitheft-quick lock device for bicycle parts: A combination antitheft-quick lock device for the wheels or saddle rod of a bicycle includes a lever connected to an eccentric and at least one rod having a threaded end for receiving a bearing washer and a nut. The eccentric bears upon and is rotationally linked to the bearing washer... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20100212381 - Electro-mechanical lock assembly: An electro-mechanical lock assembly comprises a casing, an electric control mechanism and a manual control member. The casing has a base and an axial bore formed at the base. The manual control member is installed penetrating the axial bore of the casing and has a knob and a spindle coupled... Agent: Guice Patents PLLC

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... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

20100212383 - Bump-resistant pin tumbler lock: A bump resistant pin-tumbler lock having a housing; a plug rotatably mounted within the housing and having a keyway; and a shear line defined between the interface between the plug and housing. The plug has one or more pin chambers extending from and orthogonally to the shear line and the... Agent: Craig Stuart

20100206017 - Safety handcuffs designed to facilitate the handcuffing of an individual: Handcuffs made up of a half-bracelet (21), a second half-bracelet (11), at least one casing (1) with a mean of locking (22, 41, 5, 7) and unlocking (4, 5, 9). The second half-bracelet (11) being interdependent (or not) from the casing of the handcuffs. A main characteristic being that the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100206018 - Lock device for photovoltaic panels: A photovoltaic panel locking system is disclosed. The locking system includes a unitary locking bracket made from a hardened steel material having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion extending from the horizontal portion, wherein the horizontal portion of the locking bracket is configured to encapsulate a portion of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100206019 - Self-latching locking assembly: A locking system for securely closing the lid on an enclosure, such as a grade level box, includes an L-bolt connected to a spring-biased slide member positioned on the underside of the lid. The L-bolt rotates in a slotted housing that securely retains the L-bolt under the lid. The slide... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20100206020 - Electric steering lock for motorcycle: An electric steering lock for a motorcycle includes a housing, a transmission assembly, a spindle, a set of sensors and a circuit board. The transmission assembly has an actuator, a first gear, a second gear and a sliding block each arranged within the housing in transmissive engagement with each other.... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20100206021 - Bicycle parts anti-theft device: An anti-theft device for a bicycle that includes wheels disposed on a front fork and on a rear stay by a nut or bolt system and a saddle tube whose clamping axis comprises a nut or a bolt. The device includes a nut or bolt fitted with at least one... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20100206022 - Theft prevention device for two-wheeled vehicles: Theft prevention device for enabling to lock the handlebar grip and the brake-lever of a two-wheeled vehicle, where the brake-lever is movably connected to the handlebar, to prevent stealing of the vehicle. The device may comprise a housing comprising at least two openings; a handlebar cuff that enables slidably attaching... Agent: The Law Office Of Michael E. Kondoudis

20100206023 - Locking device with a power supply unit: In a locking device with a power supply unit, the energy supply unit includes at least one chamber for a liquid or a gas as energy carrier or electrolyte former for a battery.... Agent: Chapman And Cutler

20100206024 - Electromechanical non-numeric control for locks: A light fence represented by aligned apertures in a plurality of wheels permits the passage of a light beam to a sensor to activate an electro-mechanical control for a lock. Such an arrangement avoids the sound-producing mechanical action of the typical tumbler lock and safeguards discovery of the opening combination.... Agent: Lawrence E. Lambelet Jr.

20100206025 - Master key lock, system and method: A master key lock includes a lock cylinder having a keyway for receiving a key, a sleeve about the cylinder, a plurality of wafer tumblers, a master key and means for axially moving the sleeve relative to the cylinder when the master key is inserted into the keyway. A system... Agent: Joseph S. Heino, Esq. Davis & Kuelthau, S.c.

20100206026 - Profile key with local recess: A profiled key for use in an associated cylinder lock provided with a rotatable key plug having a longitudinal keyway. The key has a substantially flat key blade with a longitudinally extending profile groove at a side surface thereof and at least one local recess adjacent to said profile groove.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100206027 - Cylinder lock and key combination with a blocking element in the lock: A cylinder lock and key combination is disclosed. The lock comprises a housing (30) having a cylindrical bore and a cylindrical key plug (33) being rotatably journalled in said cylindrical bore. The key plug has a longitudinal, profiled keyway (34) and means (1, 2) for locking the key plug against... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100206028 - Lock-actuating key with improved impact resistance: A key having one end secured to a yoke mounted between in a casing to turn about a pivot axis between a position in which the key is retracted inside the casing and a position in which the key is extended, and a control pushbutton mounted in a housing of... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100199726 - Window lock: A window lock includes a stationary support base adapted to mount to a window frame. The window lock also includes a window-movement blocker mounted on the stationary support base to block selectively movement of a window panel relative to the stationary support base at the option of a user.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20100199727 - Lever-handle lock: A lever-handle lock includes a stationary support base adapted to mount to a door around a lever handle carried on the door. The lever-handle lock also includes a lever-handle rotation blocker mounted on the stationary support base to block selectively rotation of the lever handle relative to the stationary support... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20100199728 - Lock for keeping a two-wheeled vehicle in a parked condition: This invention relates to a lock for keeping a two-wheeled vehicle in a parked condition. The lock includes a fixed bracket having a movable device able to move from an open retracted position to a position in which it locks at least one of the wheels, and vice versa. The... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20100199729 - Key fob assembly: An example key fob assembly includes a fob portion and a releasable portion releasably connected to the fob portion. A locking mechanism moves along a curved path between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The disengaged position permits separation of the fob portion from the releasable portion.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100199730 - Antitheft system and method for construction equipment: An antitheft system and method for construction equipment is disclosed. The antitheft system and method can prevent the construction equipment from driving if a driver gets out of a cabin in the state in which an ignition is turned on so as to preheat a heater or engine or in... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100199731 - Pin tumbler cylinder lock: The present invention relates to a pin tumbler cylinder lock having a cylinder casing and a plug selectively rotatable in the casing, and a plurality of driver pins and associated tumbler pins rotatable about their longitudinal axes. The cylinder lock includes a plurality of parallel circumferential tracks formed in the... Agent: Deborah A. Gador

20100199732 - Device and method for removing a pin stopper from a chamber in a lock housing: A pin remover device for removing a pin stopper from the upper end of its chamber in a lock housing. The pin stopper has a hole bored from the end of the pin stopper open to the outside of said housing, at least partially along its longitudinal axis, and the... Agent: Robert G. Lev

20100199733 - Programmable lock with temporary access key: A programmable lock for unlatching a bolt or a latch, that can be programmed for use with one or a set of main user keys without disassembling the lock or replacing the tumblers. The lock can also be programmed for operation with a temporary access key, associated with the main... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20100192641 - Combination lock: A combination lock includes a locking mechanism, a plurality of dials, and a code identifying member. When each of the plurality of dials is rotated to an unlocking orientation, a recess on each of the dials aligns with a portion of the locking mechanism, allowing the locking mechanism to move... Agent: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

20100192642 - Security system including adapter: A system comprising a portable electronic device including a lock interface member, an adapter configured to be used in the lock interface member, and a security apparatus capable of engaging the lock interface member when the adapter is attached to the lock interface member.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100192643 - Window sash latch: An improved window sash latch which has a locking mechanism and a keeper is provided with a handle that rotates from a “locked” to an “unlocked” position. An inner cavity of the handle has a spring assembly having a sliding part that can be forced into a detent as the... Agent: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & Rourke, LLP

20100192644 - Outboard motor lock assembly: An outboard motor lock assembly (10) has a longitudinally extending base (20) having a longitudinally-extending slot (28) defined within the base (20). The base (20) is functionally adapted to overlay the lever-like head portions (8) of the clamping screws (18) that are used with the motor supports (6), when the... Agent: Joseph S. Heino, Esq. Davis & Kuelthau, S.c.

20100192645 - Key device: A regulating member, an allowing member and an urging member are easily assembled to a subject to which these members are assembled. When assembling of an interlock unit is carried out, with a fitting convex portion of a link being fitted into a fitting concave portion of a release link,... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20100192646 - Key regulating device: A driving section and a regulating member are easily mounted to a subject of assembly. In an interlock unit, a solenoid, a shaft, a link, a release link, and a torsion spring are integrated together by means of a unit box. By the interlock unit being mounted to a lock... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20100192647 - Housing for electronic lock: A housing assembly adapted to fit into a mortised recess in a door is provided for accommodating components of an electronic lock mechanism. The housing assembly comprises a housing including opposed major side walls at least partially defining an opening into the housing. A circuit board comprising electronic circuitry for... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20100192648 - Vehicle panel control system: A vehicle panel control system includes a vehicle panel and a handle pivotably connected to the vehicle panel. The handle is movable about a pivot point in a first direction to unlatch or move the panel. A switch is positioned to be closed when the handle is sufficiently moved in... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20100192649 - Key device: Rotation of a rotating member to a predetermined rotational position is properly regulated by a regulating member even when a thickness of the regulating member in a rotating shaft direction is made smaller. In a steering lock device, a pair of restricting portions formed in a release frame of a... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20100192650 - Self-adjusting cylinder monitor assembly: A cylinder lock monitoring assembly for monitoring position of a lock cylinder. The monitoring assembly includes a housing having an inner cavity and an exterior diameter. The exterior diameter of the housing is not significantly greater than the corresponding cylinder diameter. The assembly further includes a switch received into the... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20100192651 - Novel lock with a tool and method of forming the lock: A pin tumbler lock having a housing with a series of holes running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical bore in the housing. The holes are bored through the housing, and a first end of each hole opens to one of each of the chambers in the housing,... Agent: Robert G. Lev

20100192652 - Temporary spacer device equipped with locking means: The present invention relates to a device (1) for temporarily spacing an opening element away from a fixed element of a motor vehicle bodywork (15), comprising a mount (2) that bears means (3, 4) of attachment allowing the device to be anchored in the fixed element, and blocking means (6)... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP