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An improved remotely operable security deadbolt lock device and a module therefor having an anti-theft manually operable release for a vehicle, particularly a vehicle having mating doors, such as a cargo van, includes a deadbolt having a plunger in a housing for securing the deadbolt when the deadbo

An improved remotely operable security deadbolt lock device and a module therefor having an anti-theft manually operable release for a vehicle, particularly a vehicle having mating doors, such as a cargo van, includes a deadbolt having a plunger in a housing for securing the deadbolt when the deadbolt is in the locked position. The device is remotely operable by having an actuator operably connected to the deadbolt, a receiver capable of receiving a selected electrical signal to cause the actuator to be energized, and a transmitter remote from the receiver capable of transmitting the selected electrical signal to the receiver. The device further includes a manually manipulable release device including a crank arm within the housing coupled to the plunger by a shaft passing therethrough, and the crank arm having a hook and the housing having a catch for the hook. The lock device can be opened from within the vehicle without using the remotely operable elements of the device, by manually rotating a knob secured to the shaft, causing the crank arm to rotate, and hence the hook to rotate out of the catch, permitting the plunger to be manually slid into the unlocked position by sliding the knob and shaft in the direction away from the locked position.

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A remotely operable security deadbolt lock device with an anti-theft manual release for a vehicle having a cargo space and having a pair of cargo doors for together closing and securing an entryway, the cargo doors having respective side edges thereof facing each other and for engaging each other wh

A remotely operable security deadbolt lock device with an anti-theft manual release for a vehicle having a cargo space and having a pair of cargo doors for together closing and securing an entryway, the cargo doors having respective side edges thereof facing each other and for engaging each other when in their closed position for partially enclosing the cargo space of the vehicle, said deadbolt lock device comprising: a deadbolt having a locked position and an unlocked position, said deadbolt being adapted for mounting within the vehicle on one of the cargo doors of the vehicle adjacent the side edge thereof facing the other cargo door for movement between a locked position and an unlocked position, said deadbolt in the locked position extending beyond the side edge of the door on which it is adapted to be mounted toward the other cargo door; said deadbolt including a deadbolt plunger, a crank arm coupled to said plunger for sliding movement therewith between the locked and unlocked positions of said deadbolt, and a housing through which said deadbolt plunger and at least a portion of the crank arm can move between the locked position and the unlocked position, said housing being adapted for mounting on either one of the at least one entryway or on the door therefor, said crank arm of said deadbolt having a hook extending therefrom, and said housing having catch means adapted and positioned for retaining said hook of said crank arm when said deadbolt plunger is in the locked position; receiving means for receiving the portion of said deadbolt extending beyond the edge of the cargo door on which said deadbolt is adapted to be mounted and securing said deadbolt when said deadbolt is in the locked position with the cargo doors closed, said receiving means being adapted to be mounted within the vehicle on the other cargo door adjacent its edge facing the cargo door on which said deadbolt may be mounted; an actuator adapted for mounting within the vehicle on the cargo door on which said deadbolt may be mounted, said actuator being operably connected to said deadbolt to move said deadbolt between the unlocked and locked positions of said deadbolt; a receiver capable of receiving a selected electrical signal and electrically coupled to said actuator to cause said actuator to be energized upon receiving the selected electrical signal to move the deadbolt between the locked and the unlocked positions; a transmitter remote from said receiver capable of transmitting the selected electrical signal to said receiver; and a manually manipulable release device adapted to be positioned within the vehicle operably connected with said deadbolt for releasing said deadbolt from said receiving means when said release device is manually manipulated from within the vehicle when said deadbolt is in the locked position, said manipulable release device being inoperable except upon manual manipulation of said release device, said manually manipulable release device comprising means secured to a rotatable shaft affixed to said crank arm for manually rotating said shaft, whereby upon manual rotation of said manually rotatable means said shaft rotates to pivot said crank arm and said hook thereof away from said catch means permitting said deadbolt plunger to be manually slid away from said receiving means therefor, thereby releasing said deadbolt from said receiving means.