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Internal locking apparatus and methods for making and using same

  • US 8,284,023 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2006
  • Issued: 10/09/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus further comprising:

  • a plurality of housings, where each housing includes;

    a locking system comprising;

    an electro-mechanical device and a retractable locking member,where the locking system is adapted to transition between a first state and a second state, a locked state and an unlocked state via the electro-mechanical device extending or retracting the member,an electronic control system, in electrical communication with the locking systems, including a command generator component adapted to generate and send commands to the locking systems causing the locking systems to transition between the two states, a transmitter component capable of transmitting;

    (1) an authentication signal upon receiving an authentication command from the command generation component, where authentication signal is adapted to authenticate a received activation signal, (2) a completion signal, (3) a state of the locking system during transportation, and (4) optionally a status signal of an intermittent, period, or continuous basis,a power supply comprising a primary battery, a secondary battery and power management system in electrical communication with the locking systems and the electronic control system and adapted to provide electric power to the locking systems and the electronic control system, anda magnetic sensor having a one time combination for unlocking the locking system upon receipt of the one time combination,where the housings include no internal voids or cavities to minimize tampering and manipulation of the locking systems, where the locking systems are mountable in an interior of a container in a spaced apart manner adjacent the openable member, where each locking system is capable of independently transitioning between the two states, where the container includes a plurality of apertures, one for each retractable locking members, and where the apertures are disposed in a spaced apart manner so that the apertures receive the members when the locking systems are in the locked state and where the secondary battery ensures there is sufficient power to open the locking system, if the primary battery fails or is incapable of opening the locking system, and where the power management system will not allow locking of the locking system, if the second battery is below a set voltage parameter.

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