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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2023
Strattec Security Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Scott T. Pollnow, Kewaskum, WI (US);
Andrew Noel Goodman, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Kurtis L Cherek, Rubicon, WI (US);
STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A push button lock an outer case and a button assembly movable relative to the outer case, the button assembly including a driver having a shoulder and a ramped surface. The push button lock also includes a tail movable relative to the outer case, and a spring retainer coupled to the tail. The shoulder is configured to engage and push the tail axially along a longitudinal axis when the button assembly is in an unlocked and depressed state, and a portion of the spring retainer is configured to be engaged and moved radially outwardly by the ramped surface when the button assembly is in a locked and depressed state.