Access control reader with an opening detection device

• US 10,091,895 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2015
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Systemes Et Technologies Identification (STID)
• Original Assignee: Systemes Et Technologies Identification (STID)
• Inventors: Dupart, Vincent, Silve, Jerome, Poitrat, Sylvain
• Primary Examiner(s): Kwok, Helen
• Application Number:
  US15/109,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20160338213A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,366 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/18 in two or more dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0208 Interlock mechanisms; Means for avoiding unauthorised use or function, e.g. tamperproof
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/03 Covers

Abstract

An access control reader includes a housing incorporating a base having a main wall designed to be secured to a support and a front part mounted on the base; a device detects opening of the housing. The reader is characterized in that the base and the front part include complementary guide components shaped so as to guide the front part in a tilting movement relative to the base when the housing is opened, from a closed configuration in which the front part is secured and folded down onto the base into an open configuration in which the front part is spaced apart from the base and is inclined relative to the main wall at a predefined angle which is not zero. The detection device is mounted on the front part in order to detect the tilting movement thereof.

Claims

1. An access control reader comprising:

a casing integrating a base presenting a main wall provided for a fixation on a support and a facade mounted on said base, and

a detection device for detecting an opening of the casing,

wherein the base and the facade include complementary guides shaped to guide the facade in a tilting motion relative to the base when opening the casing starting from a closed configuration in which the facade is fastened and folded over the base up to an open configuration in which the facade is spaced away from the base and is inclined with respect to the main wall at a predefined non-zero angle, and

wherein the detection device is mounted on the facade so as to detect the tilting motion of said facade.

2. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the detection device includes an accelerometer.

3. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the complementary guides include at least one receiving notch cooperating with a guide pin engaged in said receiving notch in the closed configuration, the guide pin presenting a guide ramp inclined with respect to the main wall of the base in the closed configuration, and the guide pin being carried by the facade or the base and the receiving notch being provided inversely on the base or the facade.

4. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the complementary guides include at least one guide rail cooperating with a bearing element gliding along said guide rail when opening the casing, the guide rail presenting a guide ramp inclined with respect to the main wall of the base in the closed configuration, and the guide rail being carried by the facade or the base and the bearing element being carried inversely by the base or the facade.

5. The access control reader according to claim 4, wherein the guide rail presents an arched shape for pivotally guiding the facade when opening the casing.

6. The access control reader according to claim 5, wherein the bearing element presents a bearing surface arched against the guide rail, in order to establish an extended contact between the bearing element and the corresponding guide rail in the closed configuration.

7. The access control reader according to claim 4, wherein the complementary guides include at least one receiving notch cooperating with a guide pin engaged in said receiving notch in the closed configuration, the guide pin presenting a guide ramp inclined with respect to the main wall of the base in the closed configuration, and the guide pin being carried by the faç

ade or the base and the receiving notch being provided inversely on the base or the faç

ade, and wherein the bearing element is provided on a wall delimiting the receiving notch.

8. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the complementary guides are disposed in a symmetrical manner with respect to a midplane of the casing.

9. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the complementary guides are provided on upper or lower portions of the base and of the facade.

10. The access control reader according to claim 9, comprising other guides shaped so as to guide the facade in a tilting motion relative to the base during the opening of the casing, said other complementary guides being provided on lateral rims of the base and of the facade.

11. The access control reader according to claim 10, wherein the other complementary guides include at least one glider cooperating with a bearing part gliding along said glider during the opening of the casing, the glider presenting a guide ramp inclined with respect to the main wall of the base in the closed configuration, the glider being carried by the lateral rim of the facade or of the base and the bearing part being carried inversely by the lateral rim of the base or of the facade.

12. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the predefined non-zero angle which is an angle of inclination of the facade with respect to the main wall in the open configuration is between 5°

and 20°

.

13. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the detection device includes a three-dimensional type accelerometer.