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US 11,268,303 B2Granted
Lock assembly for securing a wheeled vehicle
AssigneeNeutron Holdings, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Yu, Nicholas Foley, Mariusz Zajac
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Abstract
The housing of a lock assembly for securing a wheeled vehicle contains a cable which is wound around a cable reel within the housing. The cable reel rotates around a reel axis and has two ends. The first end of the cable is connected to the cable reel while the second end of the cable has a locking feature. A lock core has a receptacle configured to receive the locking feature at the end of the cable. An axis of the core is substantially parallel to the reel axis.
Claims20
A lock assembly, comprising
- a housing;
- a cable reel disposed in the housing and rotatable therein about a reel axis;
- a cable wound on the cable reel and having a first end connected to the cable reel and a second end including a locking feature;
- a lock core including a receptacle extending along a longitudinal core axis and configured to receive the second end of the cable, wherein the core axis is substantially parallel to the reel axis;
- and
- a mounting bracket for mounting the lock assembly to a bicycle, wherein the mounting bracket comprises a U-shaped portion and at least one mount tab positioned to mate with the lock core.
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A lock assembly comprising
- a housing;
- a cable reel disposed in the housing and rotatable therein about a reel axis;
- a cable wound on the cable reel and having a first end connected to the cable reel and a second end including a locking feature;
- a lock core comprising a receptacle configured to receive the second end, wherein the lock core comprises an extendable pin, wherein the extendable pin is disposed in a first position relative to the housing when the second end is absent from the receptacle and in a second position relative to the housing when the second end is received in the receptacle;
- and
- a mounting bracket for mounting the lock assembly to a bicycle, wherein the mounting bracket comprises a U-shaped portion and at least one mount tab positioned to mate with the lock core.
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A method of securing a vehicle, the method comprising:
- mounting a lock assembly to a vehicle with a mounting bracket comprising a U-shaped portion and at least one mount tab positioned to mate with a core bracket of the lock assembly;
- unwinding a cable from a cable reel, wherein a first end of the cable is connected to the cable reel and wherein a second end of the cable comprises a locking feature;
- receiving the second end of the cable into a lock core comprising a receptacle and a latch pawl;
- engaging the latch pawl with the locking feature;
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- extending a locking pin from a first position relative to the cable reel to a second position relative to the cable reel when the second end is received in the receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.