US 11,858,458 B2
Locking fastener assembly with authentication based unlocking
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US); Mary Kathryn Savage, Hoover, AL (US); Kameron Rose Hurst, Sonora, CA (US); and Robert Gregory Twiss, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/118,197.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/066,453, filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048467 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 25/20 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); F16B 39/04 (2006.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60R 25/20 (2013.01) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); F16B 39/04 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an opening for receiving a fastener;
a locking device operable to engage with the fastener to prevent uncoupling of the apparatus and the fastener; and
an authentication module in communication with the locking device and operable to disengage the locking device from the fastener upon receiving power and authenticating a request to uncouple the apparatus and fastener.