IP Library Granted Patent US 8,640,515
Granted Patent B2
US 8,640,515 · App. 12/867,839 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Bar for connecting the two cylinders halves of a variable-length double cylinder lock

Inventor: Urs Späni (Schindellegi, CH)
Assignee: Assa Abloy (Schweiz) AG
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Patent No.
US 8,640,515
App. No.
12/867,839
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The bar has two arms ( 12, 13 ) which can each be inserted into a recess ( 6 ) of the housing ( 2 ) of one of the two cylinder halves ( 1 ). The arms ( 12, 13 ) each have several drilled holes to accommodate attachment pins. The bar has a middle part ( 9 ) as base element and at least one extension part ( 16 ). The middle part ( 9 ) and the extension part ( 16 ) can be interconnected and each has at least one drilled hole ( 15, 21 ) to accommodate a connecting pin ( 30 ).

Claims (19)

1. A bar for connecting two cylinder halves of a variable-length double locking cylinder, comprising:

a middle part comprising:

two arms which can respectively be inserted into a recess of the housing of one of the two cylinder halves, each arm having a plurality of boreholes for the reception of fastening pins, said plurality of boreholes all extending in the same direction through said middle part perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said bar,

a thickened part arranged between the arms and to which the cylinder halves can be applied,

wherein the bar further comprises at least one extension part, and

wherein the middle part has at least two connecting lugs, said lugs forming a second end of each of said arms, each lug having a borehole,

wherein the extension part has a protrusion possessing a borehole which can be inserted between the connecting lugs for connection of the middle part to the extension part,

wherein said borehole of the protrusion extends in the same direction as said plurality of boreholes in the middle part, and

wherein said extension part comprises, opposite to the protrusion, at least two connecting lugs which are configured substantially the same as the connecting lugs of the middle part.

2. The bar as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the boreholes of the middle part and the boreholes of the extension part are arranged in a same grid pattern.

3. The bar as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the middle part has two arms having respectively at least two boreholes.

4. The bar as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the extension part has at least two boreholes.

5. A construction kit for producing a bar as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of different-length middle parts and a plurality of connecting parts, as well as a plurality of connecting pins.

6. The construction kit as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising connecting pins for provisionally connecting the middle parts to the extension parts.

7. A double locking cylinder having a bar as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two cylinder halves respectively have in a lower region of the housing at least one through-borehole running transversely to the longitudinal direction of the bar.

8. The double locking cylinder as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the thickened part of the bar has a threaded borehole for a forend screw.

9. The double locking cylinder as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the at least one extension part has a first end having a recess and a second end having a protrusion, the protrusion being configured correspondingly to the recess to enable two of said at least one extension parts to be connected together by insertion of the protrusion into the recess.

10. The double locking cylinder as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least one cylinder half has two mutually spaced through-boreholes, and a pin respectively passes through these through-boreholes and through aligned boreholes of the bar.

11. The double locking cylinder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the assembled state, the boreholes of said at least two connection lugs and said borehole of the protrusion extend in the same direction as said plurality of boreholes in the middle part.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2013
From: SPANI, URS
To: KESO AG
Reel/Frame 031602/0795 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 14, 2013
From: KESO AG
To: ASSA ABLOY (SCHWEIZ) AG
Reel/Frame 031638/0242 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 08405040 · Feb 14, 2008 · regional
Continuity (1)
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