Internal hydraulic locking apparatus and methods for making and using same
AssigneeInnerLoc, LLC, A Texas Limited Liability Corporation
InventorsRichard Coutermarsh, John Eastman, Mark Miller
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Abstract
An hydraulically activated internal locking apparatus is disclosed including an hydraulic fluid reservoir, an hydraulically activated locking system and a electronic control system, where the electronic control system is in electrical communication with the locking system and the reservoir is in fluid communication with the locking system so that the locking system can be transitioned from a locked state to an unlocked state when the electronic control system receives a unlock or lock code or instruction.
Claims14
An internal locking apparatus comprising;
- a source of hydraulic fluid,
- an electronic control system, and
- a hydraulically activated locking system in fluid communication with the source and in electrical communication with the electronic control system,
- where the locking system is designed to be mounted inside an enclosure and to be transitioned between a locked position and an unlocked position, which locks and unlocks an opening to the enclosure and where the electronic control system is designed to provide power to the locking system and the source is designed to supply or receive hydraulic fluid to the locking system to change its state from the locked position to the unlocked position or vis-a-versa.
An internal locking apparatus comprising:
- a source of hydraulic fluid,
- an electronic control system, and
- a plurality of hydraulically activated locking systems in fluid communication with the source and in electrical communication with the electronic control system,
- where the locking systems are designed to be mounted inside an enclosure and to be transitioned between a locked position and an unlocked position, which locks and unlocks an opening to the enclosure and where the electronic control system is designed to provide power to the locking systems and the source is designed to supply or receive hydraulic fluid to the locking system to change their states from the locked position to the unlocked position or vis-a-versa.
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of locking systems, each locking system including:
- an hydraulic reservoir in fluid communication with the locking system, and
- an electronic system in electrical communication with the locking system,
- where the locking systems are designed to be mounted inside a container and to be transitioned between a locked position and an unlocked position, which locks and unlocks an opening to the container and where each electronic control system is designed to provide power to its locking systems to change its locking system from its locked position to its unlocked position or vis-a-versa independently of the other locking systems.
A method for locking a door or an opening to a enclosure comprising the steps of:
- mounting a hydraulically activated locking system on an inner surface of a door or opening or on an inner surface of a wall adjacent the door or opening of the enclosure;
- mounting a hydraulic fluid reservoir on the inner surface of the door and/or in an interior of the enclosure, where the reservoir includes a hydraulic conduit connecting the reservoir to the hydraulic locking system;
- installing an electronic control system within the interior and connecting it to the locking system, where the electronic control system includes a component for causing the locking system to transition from an unlocked position to a locked position or vis-a-versa,
- instructing the electronic control system lock the door or opening;
- and
- instructing the electronic control system to unlock the door or opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.