US 12,305,559 B2
Catalytic converter locking device and assembly
Jason W. Lindsley, De Pere, WI (US)
Assigned to VSI, LLC, Green Bay, WI (US)
Filed by VSI, LLC, Green Bay, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/913,427.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/548,041, filed on Nov. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0035026 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. F01N 3/28 (2006.01); F16B 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC F01N 3/2803 (2013.01) [F16B 41/005 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catalytic converter locking device for use with a catalytic converter, the catalytic converter disposed on the underside of a motor vehicle, the underside of the motor vehicle further comprising other vehicle frame portions, the catalytic converter locking device comprising:
a first bottom plate comprising a longitudinally extending structure having a plurality of pass-through holes;
a second bottom plate comprising a longitudinally extending structure having a plurality of threaded holes, the pass-through holes of the first bottom plate being configured to be aligned with the plurality of threaded holes of the second bottom plate;
a plurality of threaded fasteners configured for securement of the first bottom plate to the second bottom plate via the holes defined therein;
a top plate configured to be disposed over the first and second bottom plates;
at least one metal cable having a length;
wherein a plurality of openings is defined between the bottom plates and the fasteners extending between the plates;
wherein the cable is configured to be passed through the plurality of defined openings and wrapped around the catalytic converter;
wherein tightening of the fasteners clamps the metal cable between the first and second plates and around the catalytic converter;
a plurality of tamper-resistant fasteners; and
wherein the top plate comprises a tamper-resistant structure that is configured to be fastened to the bottom plates via the plurality of tamper-resistant fasteners.