Cylinder guard for deadbolt lock
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorsBehrang F. Lahiji, Jeffrey Dean Pearson
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Abstract
A cylinder guard for a deadbolt lock having a face portion and an inner portion. The inner portion includes a radial flange and an axial flange created by forming the wall of the guard into a doubled portion. Indentations are formed in the axial flange which enhances the resistance of the guard to an attack upon the deadbolt. The guard also includes a tapered blow-deflecting portion between the inner portion and face portion. A crush zone may be formed between the inner and face portions to attenuate the energy from an attack that is transferred to the axial and radial flanges. A method for making the guard includes stamping a body from steel strip using a multi-station press.
Claims17
A cylinder guard for a deadbolt lock, the cylinder guard comprising:
- a single-piece body defining a generally cylindrical wall having a predetermined thickness and a longitudinal axis;
- wherein the cylindrical wall of the single-piece body includes a face portion and an inner portion;
- wherein the face portion has a face end located at a forward opening of the single-piece body;
- wherein the inner portion of the single-piece body extends axially rearwardly from the face portion to a first terminus;
- wherein the wall of the single-piece body includes a portion extending radially outwardly between the face portion and the first terminus;
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- wherein the wall further includes a crush zone intermediate the first terminus and the face portion wherein the crush zone of the single-piece body is formed of one of deep drawing steel and drawing steel.
A cylinder guard for a deadbolt lock, the cylinder guard comprising:
- a single-piece body;
- an inner portion and a face portion of the single-piece body defining a longitudinal axis;
- wherein the face portion has a face end located at a forward opening of the single-piece body;
- the inner portion including a radially-extending portion and an axial flange disposed wherein the axial flange defines an inner face portion;
- wherein the axial flange is located opposite the face end located at the forward opening of the single-piece body;
- a plurality of stiffeners disposed upon the inner face portion of the single-piece body;
- wherein the plurality of stiffeners increases the moment of inertia of the axial flange to enhance the resistance of the cylinder guard to a generally radially-directed blow upon the deadbolt lock;
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- wherein the inner portion is a unitary piece of steel.
A method of making a cylinder guard, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a unitary piece of steel;
- forming the unitary piece of steel into a cup-shaped single-piece body to define a cylinder guard formed from a single, unitary piece of steel;
- wherein the cylinder guard includes:
- wherein the cup-shaped single-piece body defining a generally cylindrical wall having a predetermined thickness and a longitudinal axis;
- the cylindrical wall including a face portion and an inner portion;
- wherein the face portion has a face end located at a forward opening of the body;
- the inner portion extending axially rearwardly from the face portion to a first terminus;
- the wall including a portion extending radially outwardly between the face portion and the first terminus and wherein the first terminus is located opposite the face end located at the forward opening of the cup-shaped single-piece body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.