Key identification system

US10007979B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC. · US

Inventors

• Michael Mueller · Fort Lauderdale, US
• George Lynn Hagen · Flagstaff, US
• Scott Basham · Chandler, US
• Ryan Hamblin · Apache Junction, US
• Carl Ito · Scottsdale, US
• Kenneth C. Booth · Mesa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T409/301064
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A key identification system that includes a key identification system housing, a key clamp, a key ring support tray, and two digital identifiers is disclosed. The key identification system housing may include a key receiving aperture extending through housing and sized to receive at least some of a key blade of a key. The key clamp is positioned adjacent to the key receiving aperture and allows the system to maintain the key blade in a fixed position within the key identification system housing when the key is inserted into the key receiving aperture. The key ring support tray is typically coupled to the key identification system housing below the key receiving aperture. The two digital identifiers are positioned within the key identification system housing and designed to capture key blade information.