A door lock for a domestic electrical appliance includes a locking member which is electrically switchable between an unlocking position and a locking position, which locking member in the unlocking position allows a closed door of the domestic appliance to be opened and in the locking position is in blocking engagement with a blockable component at least when the door is closed, and an auxiliary member, separate from the blockable component, which is movable in dependence on the closing of the door from a release position into a blocking position. The blocking engagement effects blocking of the closed door against opening. In the release position, the auxiliary member allows the locking member to be transferred from the unlocking position into the locking position; in contrast, in its blocking position, the auxiliary member blocks the locking member against being transferred from the unlocking position into the locking position.

A locking device for a lock including a box and a cover, such that the device can be isolated, which box includes therein a motor, a worm screw connected to the shaft of the motor, a locking shaft which is capable of sliding through a hole towards the outside of the box, and an elastic element with two ends, connecting the locking shaft with the worm screw, wherein one end of the elastic element is securely connected to the locking shaft and the other end is inserted between two threads of the worm screw such that, upon activating the motor, the worm screw rotates, moving the elastic element in order to drive the locking shaft, which transitions from being retracted to being extended and viceversa.

A smart deadlock system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a thumb-turn, a key cylinder, a connecting shaft connecting the thumb-turn and the key cylinder, and a sensor module. The sensor module may include a sensing unit to sense a rotation state of a rotation sensing element inserted onto the connecting shaft, and generate sensing information associated with the rotation state of the rotation sensing element, and a rotation information generation unit to receive the sensing information from the sensing unit, and generate rotation information associated with an extent of rotation of the rotation sensing element based on the sensing information. According to the smart deadlock system, it is possible to check the operation of the deadlock more accurately by sensing the rotation state of the rotation sensing element using the sensor.

A lock can include a motor assembly, a gear assembly, and an unlocking assembly. The motor assembly can include a motor and a drive shaft. The gear assembly can include a cam, a pinion gear, and a pinion. The pinion gear can include a plurality of teeth disposed along only a portion of a perimeter of the pinion gear. The pinion gear can be configured to engage the pinion. The pinion can be configured to translate laterally to release a biasing member to unlock a door of a container.

A fuel tank cap locking device includes: a cap configured to open and close a fuel filler port; an operation unit; an engagement unit movable in conjunction with the operation unit; and a lock unit configured to lock movement of the engagement unit from the engagement position to the allowable position. The lock unit includes a lock member that is movable between an interference position where the lock member interferes with an interfered portion formed at a predetermined position of the engagement unit and locks, and a non-interference position where the lock member does not interfere with the interfered portion and the lock is released when the engagement unit moves from the engagement position to the allowable position by the swing operation of the operation unit.

A tool box or tool cabinet (hereafter: “tool box”) is provided with a locking mechanism having a locked condition in which it prevents access to tools within the tool box, and an unlocked condition in which it allows access to tools within the tool box. An electric motor has a rotor, and is provided with a microprocessor and control circuit, coupled to the motor for controlling it. The microprocessor is adapted to receive Bluetooth signals when paired to a user's portable Bluetooth-enabled mobile device, The microprocessor and control circuit are effective, when the user's portable Bluetooth-enabled mobile device is sufficiently close to the control circuit to be detected, to energise the motor to rotate the rotor in a first sense, effective to disable the locking mechanism to allow access to the tools.

A safety switch includes a processor and a display device. The processor is configured to: set an operation mode of the safety switch; an output unit configured to output a mode notification signal for indicating whether the operation mode of the safety switch is in a maintenance mode; receive an input of a display control signal based upon a system operation mode of a switch system including the safety switch and at least one other safety switch. In response to reception of the input of the display control signal based upon a fact that the system operation mode is in a system maintenance mode indicating that at least one of operation modes of the safety switch and the at least one other safety switch is set to the maintenance mode, the display device displays the indication indicating that the system operation mode is in the system maintenance mode.

A lock includes a housing assembly, an actuatable lock assembly and a latching assembly. The actuatable lock assembly is positionable in at least a closed orientation and an open orientation. The latching assembly further includes a latch, a cam and a motor. The latch, having a cam profile, is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the actuatable lock assembly is maintained in the closed orientation. In the unlocked position, the actuatable lock assembly is positionable into an open orientation. The cam is rotatably mounted and has a first follower configured to intermittently coact with the cam profile of the latch, to, in turn, move the latch between the locked position and the unlocked position. The motor is coupled to the cam. Actuation of the motor causes rotation of the cam, resulting in movement of the latch between the locked and unlocked positions.

A gate assembly including a pivoting gate element secured to a doorway and/or passageway and employing a dual actuator latching mechanism having a simple yet unique locking lever and pawl mechanism for remote and manual latch release freeing the gate to swing to an open position, and automatic re-locking of the latching mechanism. The gate assembly includes a frame element for supporting the pivoting gate element and securing the gate to a doorway and/or passageway as well as latching the gate to a closed position at the frame element.

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a thrust reverser tertiary lock apparatus that includes a probe affixed to an aircraft engine frame and having a shaft having a barb at a first end and configurable to a first configuration and a second configuration, and a receiver affixed to a thrust reverser transcowl slider configured to accommodate the barb and having an end wall with an aperture defined therein, the aperture shaped to permit escapement of the barb in the first configuration and prevent escapement of the barb in the second configuration.