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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Schlage Lock Company Llc, Carmel, IN (US);
Douglas A. Holmes, Golden, CO (US);
Daniel H. Kindstrand, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jonah S. Eidman, Astoria, NY (US);
Gideon Hou, Milpitas, CA (US);
Thomas Y. Liu, White Plains, NY (US);
Ryan T. Stolz, Bellmore, NY (US);
Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US);
Abstract
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.