Safe with nitinol wire locking mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9422745
APP PUB NO 20150322695A1
SERIAL NO

14273769

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A safe. A safe lid is connected to a safe box via a hinge attachment. The safe is locked shut by utilization of a latch assembly. A Nitinol wire is connected to a latch assembly opening device. The latch assembly opening device is connected to the latch assembly. A user can open the safe by inputting the correct pass code into a keypad. An electrical signal is then transferred to the Nitinol wire causing the Nitinol wire to shorten. The shortening of the Nitinol wire causes the latch assembly opening device to open the latch assembly. In a preferred embodiment a key lock is also configured to control the latch assembly opening device and the key lock may be used as another method to open the safe.

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Chow, Leslie Ho Leung Shilouzhen Panyu District, CN 7 32

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