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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2021
The Government of the United States As Represented BY the Director, National Security Agency, Ft. George G. Meade, MD (US);
Andrew R. McGregor, Glen Burnie, MD (US);
Gary S. Mosholder, Sykesville, MD (US);
The Government of the United States as represented by the Director, National Security Agency, Ft. George G. Meade, MD (US);
Abstract
The housing lock includes a barrel, a screw and a bumper. The screw and bumper are threadedly engaged with one another and slidably engaged with the barrel. A barrel passageway includes a screw stop limiting sliding of the screw and bumper assembly in the distal direction and a bumper stop limiting sliding of the screw and bumper assembly in the proximal direction. The barrel includes feet. The perimeter defined by the feet is selected to closely fit within a housing passage in order to limit rotational movement of the housing lock within the housing passageway. The length of the feet is selected to prevent manipulation of the lockout of the housing passageway once the lock is secured to the housing. The barrel provides an exterior housing stop limiting movement of the housing lock relative to the housing in a distal direction. The bumper provides an interior housing stop limiting movement of the housing lock relative to the housing in a proximal direction. When secured to housing, the housing lock prevents removal of the housing cover from the housing chassis.