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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E Dalton, Jr, Maldin, SC (US);
Assignee:
Compx International, Inc., Mauldin, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B / ; E05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
702783 ; 70404 ; 70491 ;
Abstract
A pin tumbler mechanical lock includes an electronic component incorporated in the key which connects to an axial lead aligned to mechanically engage the spring biased contact of the key whereby in order to operate the lock both the mechanical pin tumblers and the electronic signal provided by the key are necessary.