Patent ID: 7665333
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bicycle lock in the form of a U-lock, comprising: a U-shaped closure bracket; an elongated lock body having insertion openings on opposite ends for receiving legs of the closure bracket, wherein each leg of the closure bracket is provided with two lateral diametrically opposed recesses that are oriented parallel to a longitudinal direction of the lock body and two locking devices, wherein each of said locking devices is oppositely moveable in a translatory movement in a longitudinal direction of the lock body, wherein each of said locking devices is in the form of a unitary member consisting of a first, elongate section extending in the longitudinal direction of the lock body and a second, bracket section disposed at an end of said first elongate section and extending perpendicularly relative to the longitudinal direction of the lock body and to the first section over an angle in a range of 180° or more and having diametrically opposed recesses on diametrically opposed ends, wherein each of said diametrically opposed ends supports two substantially cylindrical locking bolts for engagement in the two diametrically opposed recesses of the closure bracket for securing the closure bracket within the lock body, wherein each said locking device and the two substantially cylindrical locking bolts supported by said locking device are moveable together as a unit, wherein inner ends of the locking devices are disposed to lie directly within an effective range of a driver that is rotatable by means of a closing cylinder, wherein by means of actuation of the closing cylinder, the locking devices are drivable in the longitudinal direction of the locking body, and wherein driver elements mounted on the locking bolts engage in said recesses of said bracket section.