Padlock
AssigneeABUS August Bremicker Soehne KG
InventorRaymond Guenther
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Abstract
A padlock is provided that may include a lock body and a hoop which is movable between an open position and a closed position with respect to the lock body. The lock body may include an inner housing, an outer housing and a latching mechanism for latching the hoop in the closed position. The inner housing may include a first insertion part and a second insertion part which may receive the latching mechanism to form a pre-installable module. The pre-installable module may be inserted between first and second shells of the outer housing in shape matched manner to place the padlock in a fully assembled condition.
Claims21
A padlock including a body portion and a hoop that is movable relative to the body portion between a locked position and an unlocked position, the body portion comprising:
- a pre-installable module including an inner housing and a latching mechanism, the inner housing having first and second insertion parts that at least partially encase the latching mechanism, wherein the first and second insertion parts are not secured to each other by welding or a fastener;
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- an outer housing including a first shell and a second shell that engage each other along their respective outer peripheries to at least partially encase the pre-installable module to retain the padlock in a fully assembled condition, wherein the outer housing is not welded to the inner housing or the latching mechanism and the outer housing is not secured to the inner housing or the latching mechanism by a fastener.
A method of manufacturing a padlock comprising:
- providing an inner housing including a first insertion part and a second insertion part;
- providing a latching mechanism;
- assembling the inner housing and the latching mechanism together to form a pre-installable module, whereby the first insertion part and the second insertion part at least partially encase the latching mechanism, wherein forming the pre-installable module includes unsecurely attaching the first and second insertion parts to each other;
- providing an outer housing including a first shell and a second shell;
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- installing the pre-installable module into the outer housing to place the padlock in a fully assembled condition by at least partially encasing the pre-installable module between the first and second shells and welding the first and second shells to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.