Schlage Lock Company LLC

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Douglas A Holmes

Kenton Hayes Barker

Aaron Patrick McKibben

Vijayakumar Mani

Adithya Gangadhar Shetty

Nagesh Varadaraju

Aditya S Heblikar

Sushanth Kondi

Sundar R D Vasudevan

Preethi M Yogaraj

Daniel Hugh Kindstrand

Ryan T Stolz

Thomas Y Liu

Gideon Hou

Jonah S Eidman

Anoop Dutt Mysore Nagesh

Adam Michael Litwinski

William P Dye

Michael Patrick Hogan

Samir Moustaffa Tamer

Peter F Klammer

Donald D Baker

Anoop N M Dutt

Vijayakuyumar Mani

Kenton H Barker

Adithya G Shetty

An exemplary clutch mechanism includes a casing, first and second hubs rotatably mounted to the casing, an electrically-actuated drive assembly mounted within the casing, and a clutching lug movably mounted within the casing. The lug has an engaged position in which the lug couples the hubs for joint rotation and a disengaged position in which the hubs are rotationally decoupled. The drive assembly is operable to drive the lug between the engaged and disengaged positions to couple and decouple the hubs. The clutch mechanism is modular and self-contained within the casing such that the mechanism can be installed to each of a plurality of different lockset products without opening the casing.

Modular clutching mechanism

A lock cylinder including a plug, a plurality of key followers, a sensor assembly structured to sense positions of the key followers, and a controller in communication with the sensor assembly. The plug includes a keyway and a plurality of plug tumbler shafts. Each of the key followers is movably seated in a corresponding one of the plug tumbler shafts and includes a sensor interface. The sensor assembly includes a plurality of sensors, each of which includes at least one sensing region. Each of the key followers is associated with one of the sensors via an associative link formed between the sensor interface and the corresponding sensing region. The sensors are structured to generate an output signal indicative of the transverse position of the associated key follower, and the controller is structured to select and perform actions based upon the output signals.

Lock cylinder with electronic key recognition

An anti-barricading thumb turn assembly is configured for use with a lockset including a bolt movable to lock and unlock a door. The anti-barricading thumb turn assembly includes a spindle connected to a thumb turn with a biasing member on one side of the lockset. The lockset is also operable by a key from the other side of the door to lock and unlock the door. Under normal operation, the spindle and thumb turn rotate as the bolt is locked and unlocked. In a barricading situation in which the thumb turn is held in an attempt to prevent the spindle from rotating, the biasing member allows the spindle to rotate relative to the thumb turn upon application of sufficient force through rotation of the key to overcome the biasing force and unlock the bolt even if the thumb turn is held stationary.

Anti-barricading thumb turn assembly for a door lockset

A cable lock including a lock body having a locking mechanism with a locked state and an unlocked state. A ceramic body cable includes a plurality of nested ceramic bodies and a cord, wherein each one of the plurality of ceramic bodies includes a center portion having an aperture. Each aperture of the plurality of nested ceramic bodies forms a channel through which the cord is positioned. Each of the ceramic bodies also includes a projection and a space such that the projection of one of the ceramic bodies overlaps the space of an adjacent ceramic body. A mesh sleeve is positioned on an exterior of the ceramic body cable and a shrunken heat shrinkable tube is positioned over the mesh sleeve. The combined ceramic body cable, mesh sleeve, and shrunken heat shrinkable tube are coupled to the lock body.

Ceramic spine security cable

A lock device including a keyway sized and configured to receive a key, a sensor assembly including an optical source and a key height sensor, and a controller in communication with the sensor assembly. The optical source is configured to generate an optical signal, and the key height sensor is configured to generate a key height signal in response to receiving the optical signal. The key is configured to interact with the optical signal such that the key height signal varies based upon the height of the key. The controller is configured to generate a key profile based at least in part upon the key height signal, to compare the key profile to authorization data, to select an action based upon the comparing, and to perform the action.

Systems and methods for key recognition

A first embodiment of an ammunition clip reloading device comprises an L-shaped member attachable to the pin associated with the spring of a conventional clip. An outwardly extending portion of the member is designed to receive the thumb of a user so as to depress the clip spring to thus make the loading of ammunition substantially easier. A second embodiment of the invention comprises a thumb manipulated slide member positionable over a conventional ammunition clip. An adjustable guide extends above the body portion of the member and is operable to push a bullet into the clip in response to a downward pressure by the user's thumb.

Quick reloading devices

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Golden, CO, United States of America

Douglas A Holmes