US 11,932,337 B2
Locking device and method for locking a bicycle therewith
Clayton S. Landis, South Bend, IN (US)
Assigned to Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,173.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,304, filed on Aug. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0033021 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B62H 5/20 (2006.01); B62H 5/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/16 (2010.01)
CPC B62H 5/003 (2013.01) [B62H 5/20 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); E05B 73/0011 (2013.01); G01S 19/16 (2013.01); G06Q 2240/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking device comprising:
a lock body configured to be secured to a part of a bicycle;
a cable within the lock body and having a first end accessible from an exterior of the lock body;
a spring coil mechanism within the lock body for coiling the cable within the lock body and enabling the cable to be selectively extended from the lock body to lock the bicycle to a separate structure by wrapping the cable around the separate structure and then locking the first end of the cable to the lock body;
a communication and control unit incorporated into the lock body and configured to communicate with a remote device to allow the remote device to wirelessly unlock the first end of the cable from the lock body; and
a motorized zip tie mechanism incorporated into the lock body to clamp the lock body on the part of the bicycle, stabilize the lock body on the part while the bicycle is in use, and release the lock body for removal of the lock body from the bicycle.