Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operating a lock cylinder with multiple, supplemental locking elements
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Application No.: US17351210Application Date: 2021-06-17
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Publication No.: US11280111B2Publication Date: 2022-03-22
- Inventor: Mark Benzie , Douglas E. Trent , Samuel D. Wood , Peter H. Field , Walter Dannhardt , Thomas Duckwall
- Applicant: ASSA ABLOY HIGH SECURITY GROUP INC.
- Applicant Address: US VA Salem
- Assignee: ASSA ABLOY HIGH SECURITY GROUP INC.
- Current Assignee: ASSA ABLOY HIGH SECURITY GROUP INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Salem
- Agency: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
- Main IPC: E05B35/14
- IPC: E05B35/14 ; E05B19/14 ; E05B27/00 ; E05B27/10 ; E05B35/00

Abstract:
A lock assembly includes a plug with a keyway, primary pins aligned with the keyway for controlling rotation of the plug, a sidebar for controlling rotation of the plug, secondary pins adjacent the keyway for controlling movement of the sidebar, and at least one supplemental sidebar control element for controlling movement of the sidebar. The lock assembly is operated by simultaneously manipulating the primary pins, the secondary pins, and the supplemental sidebar control element to place each in a respective position and/or orientation to permit rotation of the plug and to permit sufficient movement of the sidebar to permit rotation of the plug and then applying torque to the plug.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210310277A1 OPERATING A LOCK CYLINDER WITH MULTIPLE, SUPPLEMENTAL LOCKING ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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