A hood-integrated vehicle body in which a hood, a bumper, and a fender are integrally formed into a single component so as to reduce the weight thereof is disclosed. The hood-integrated vehicle body includes a front vehicle body part, which is constructed such that a hood is integrally and rotatably connected to a front portion of the front vehicle body part and is openable at a rear side thereof, a lifting unit mounted to the front part of the vehicle so as to rotate the hood, and a locking unit, which is mounted to the front part of the vehicle so as to selectively engage the hood with the front part of the vehicle such that the engagement of the hood is released so as to allow the hood to be opened by means of the lifting unit upon manipulation for opening the hood.

An industrial locking switch comprises multiple locking tongue entry slots formed on adjacent sides of the locking switch housing, thereby supporting receipt of the corresponding locking tongue from multiple directions of approach without the need to mechanically modify the switch's head or to reorient the switch itself. The locking switch houses locking bolt detection circuity comprising multiple series connected RFID coils configured to detect an RFID tag mounted on the locking tongue when the locking tongue is inserted into any of the entry slots.

For locking industrial safety guarding, a sensor includes an inductive coil that generates a second sensing field about a second sensing field axis at a second frequency that detects advancement of a locking bolt. The sensor further includes at least two radio frequency identifier (RFID) coils that generate a first sensing field at a first frequency that detects an RFID tag. A second RFID coil of the at least two RFID coils has a second polarity reversed from a first polarity a first RFID coil of the at least two RFID coils and reduces the first sensing field at the second sensing field axis.

An electromagnetic drawer lock system includes a fingerprint sensor module assembly; an outer shell assembly having a front opening, four sides, and a backboard; a drawer having a front, a back, two sides, and a bottom; an electromagnetic lock assembly; a lock catch; a sliding plate; a mechanical lock assembly; a grooved pulley; and a spring paddle assembly. A method of operation includes a user placing a fingerprint on a fingerprint sensor, the sensor capturing a fingerprint image; storing the captured fingerprint image in memory; capturing subsequent fingerprint images; comparing subsequent fingerprint image to images stored in memory; disengaging the electromagnetic lock upon successful recognition of captured fingerprint image; and engaging electromagnetic lock upon successful recognition of captured fingerprint image. A mechanical lock assembly can be used to open and close the drawer if using the fingerprint sensor module assembly is unsuccessful.

Method and its enabling device for remote wireless micro-latching for security purposes, comprising at least one user or controller, one mobile communication device, and one secured device, whereas said user is enabled to open or close a micro-latch in said a secured device, for instant a safe box or a medical cabinet, allowing access to secured content, including money, ID card, checks, as well as medicine. Also disclosed is a multiplicity of said devices and their preprogrammed remote control by computer or mobile app. The micro-latching can be amplified to macro-latching, for instance by a micro-solenoid switching a high power electrical switch bank or relay, which in turn initiates industrial processes.

A combination lock including: locking means configured to be moveable between a first position in which the lock is placed in a locking state and a second position in which the lock is placed in an unlocked state; a set of mechanical combination reels operable by a user of the lock to configure the reels in accordance with a selected input combination; and a controller having a network interface and being configured to receive via the network interface one or more unlock input combinations associated with the unlocked state of the lock, and wherein the controller is configured to operate the locking means to place the lock in the unlocked state when an input combination of the mechanical combination reels matches any one of the one or more unlock input combinations.

A system includes a latch circuit configured to monitor a switch and to operate an electronic latch based on a position of the switch. The system also includes a power supply circuit configured to provide a first voltage level to the latch circuit during normal operations and a second voltage level to the latch circuit during power loss. The power supply circuit includes a primary power circuit configured to provide the first voltage level to the latch circuit and a plurality of supercapacitors configured to be charged by the primary power circuit and provide the second voltage level to the latch circuit.

A padlock is disclosed comprising an electronic circuitry and such that the padlock may be opened via a near field communication network such as Bluetooth™ or via other electronic interfaces such as an integrated fingerprint scanner. In one embodiment the padlock is capable of receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals from nearby sensor nodes containing information regarding temperature, humidity, moisture, speed, vibration, liquid level, concentration of gases and other sensing devices for use in a system for monitoring, tracking, tracing, alarms, access management, access recording, authenticity and integrity of goods, documents or other valued objects in storage or transit.

An electromagnetic drawer lock system includes a fingerprint sensor module assembly; an outer shell assembly having a front opening, four sides, and a backboard; a drawer having a front, a back, two sides, and a bottom; an electromagnetic lock assembly; a lock catch; a sliding plate; a mechanical lock assembly; a grooved pulley; and a spring paddle assembly. A method of operation includes a user placing a fingerprint on a fingerprint sensor, the sensor capturing a fingerprint image; storing the captured fingerprint image in memory; capturing subsequent fingerprint images; comparing subsequent fingerprint image to images stored in memory; disengaging the electromagnetic lock upon successful recognition of captured fingerprint image; and engaging electromagnetic lock upon successful recognition of captured fingerprint image. A mechanical lock assembly can be used to open and close the drawer if using the fingerprint sensor module assembly is unsuccessful.

Release mechanism (12) for an energy harvesting arrangement (10) for an electronic locking system (78), the release mechanism (12) comprising a drive device (18); a harvesting elastic element (30); at least one magnet (36); an input device (38); and an engaging profile (52); wherein the input device (38) is arranged to engage the drive device (18) by means of a magnetic force such that the drive device (18) can be displaced from a starting position (32) by movement of the input device (38) along a harvesting path (58); and wherein the engaging profile (52) is arranged to engage the drive device (18) at an engaging position (60) of the drive device (18), such that further movement of the input device (38) along the harvesting path (58) causes a relative inclination between a drive device surface (26) and a input device surface (42). An energy harvesting arrangement (10) and an electronic locking system (78) are also provided.