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US 2012/0234777 A1Published application
Bicycle security apparatus
OwnerHung-Ju Cheninventor
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Abstract
A bicycle security apparatus includes a housing standing on a supporting plane (ground), at least one drive device disposed in the housing, at least one latch connected to the drive device and a control unit mounted onto the housing. The latch is reciprocally rotated by the drive device to achieve the locked condition and the unlocked condition. The control unit can recognize the identity of the operator such that a man with fraudulent intentions can not steal a bicycle from the bicycle security apparatus.
Claims12
A bicycle security apparatus comprising:
- a housing standing on a supporting plane, the housing including a panel formed on a front side thereof and two side plates respectively connected to the panel, at least one of the two side plates having an opening defined therein and a hook secured thereon, an opening defined in the side plate where the hook is secured, the hook having a distal end extending toward the opening;
- at least one drive device disposed in the housing and corresponding to the at least one opening;
- at least one latch connected to the at least one drive device and the at least one latch is reciprocally driven by the at least one drive device, wherein the latch is received in the housing when the bicycle security apparatus is in an unlocked condition and the latch facing the distal end of the hook when the bicycle security apparatus is in a locked condition;
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- a control unit mounted onto the panel, the control unit including a central process unit mounted onto the interior of the panel, a slot device, a card reader and a fingerprint recognize device respectively mounted onto the panel and electrically connected to the central process unit, wherein the slot device is provided for user to insert coin(s) before take bake his/her bicycle and the card reader is provided to read the personal data from a card, and the card reader and the fingerprint recognize device are provided to recognize the person who wants to take back his/her bicycle, an input device disposed on the panel for user to input the pass word(s) of his/her card for ensuring the identity of the card owner.
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