Remote-activation lock system and method

• US 9,371,669 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Proteqt Technologies, Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Proteqt Technologies, Incorporated
• Inventors: Berg, John S., Reynolds, Christopher H., Lin, Jibing, Vogel, David A., Keenan, Paul A., Howard, John R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chevalier, Alicia
• Assistant Examiner(s): DESAI, ANISH P
• Application Number:
  US12/785,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20100300159A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,223 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 163/00 Adhesives based on epoxy resins; Adhesives based on derivatives of epoxy resins
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 175/04 Polyurethanes
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 9/02 Electrically-conducting adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0094 Mechanical aspects of remotely controlled locks electronic locks G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/02 Movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means; Adaptation of locks, latches, or parts thereof, for movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means by means in the striker E05B63/248
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/006 for covers or panels for manholes E02D29/1427; for holes enabling access to installations in buildings E04F19/08; for pressure vessels F16J13/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0017 Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 19/16 Devices holding the wing by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction E05C17/56 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2848 Three or more layers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles

Abstract

Remote-activation locks designed to permit unlocking and/or locking of the lock without physical manipulation of the lock are articulated to a product/good in a manner so as to deny one or more benefits associated with the product/good.

Claims

1. An energy-releasable structure comprising:

an adhesive mixture comprising, an adhesive base;

at least one polar polymer substantially uniformly dispersed throughout said adhesive base;

at least one non-polar polymer substantially uniformly dispersed throughout said adhesive base and wherein said non-polar polymer is selected from the one or more of the group consisting of;

silicone polyols, fluorinated polyols, polybutadiene polyols, carboxy terminated polybutadienes, isocyanate-terminated polybutadienes, and melainized polybutadienes; and

at least one energy converter comprising electrically conductive material substantially uniformly dispersed throughout said adhesive base;

wherein said adhesive mixture can transition from a first physiochemical state to a second physiochemical state upon application of a transmitted specific profile of energy, said transmitted energy is one or more selected from the group consisting of magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic, light, and heat.

2. The energy-releasable structure of claim 1, wherein the electrically conductive material is selected from the one or more of the group consisting of:

conductive salts, metal particles, metal wires, nanowires, and carbon nanotubes.

3. The energy-releasable structure of claim 1, wherein said first physiochemical state is a first adhesion state and the second physiochemical state is a distinctly different second adhesion state.

4. The energy-releasable structure of claim 1, wherein said first physiochemical state is a first density state and the second physiochemical state is a distinctly different second density state.

5. The energy-releasable structure of claim 1, wherein the polar polymer is selected from one or more of the group consisting of:

polyether polyols, polyester polyols, polycarbonate polyols, and amine terminated polyols.

6. A laminate comprising:

a magnetostrictive layer having a top longitudinal surface and a bottom longitudinal surface;

as electrostrictive layer having a top longitudinal surface and a bottom longitudinal surface, said top longitudinal surface of said electrostrictive layer being coupled to said bottom longitudinal surface of said magnetostrictive layer;

an adhesive mixture layer having a top longitudinal surface and a bottom longitudinal surface, said adhesive mixture layer top longitudinal surface coupled to said bottom longitudinal surface of said electrostrictive layer;

said adhesive mixture layer comprising;

an adhesive base;

at least one polar polymer substantially uniformly dispersed throughout said adhesive base;

at least one non-polar polymer substantially uniformly dispersed throughout said adhesive base and wherein said non-polar polymer is selected from the one or more of the group consisting of;

silicone polyols, fluorinated polyols, polybutadiene polyols, carboxy terminated polybutadienes, isocyanate-terminated polybutadienes, and melainized polybutadienes; and

at least one energy converter comprising electrically conductive material substantially uniformly dispersed throughout said adhesive base;

wherein said adhesive mixture can transition from a first physiochemical state to a second physiochemical state upon application of a transmitted specific profile of energy, said transmitted energy is one or more selected from the group consisting of magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic, light, and heat.

7. The laminate in accordance with claim 6, wherein the electrically conductive material of said adhesive mixture is selected from the one or more of the group consisting of conductive salts, metal particles, metal wires, nanowires, and carbon nanotubes.

8. The laminate in accordance with claim 6, said first physiochemical state is a first density state and the second physiochemical state is a distinctly different second density state.

9. The laminate in accordance with claim 6, wherein the first physicochemical state is a first adhesion state and the second physicochemical state is a second adhesion state.

10. The laminate in accordance with claim 6, wherein the polar polymers of said adhesive mixture is selected from the one or more of the group consisting of:

polyether polyols, polyester polyols, polycarbonate polyols, and amine terminated polyols.