Locking system for a door

• US 10,435,916 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dormakaba USA Incorporated (dormakaba Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Dormakaba USA Incorporated (dormakaba Holding AG)
• Inventors: Heisler, Daniel, Stopczynski, Kyle, Mills, James, Laperriere, Leo, Martel, Sylvain
• Primary Examiner(s): Pendleton, Dionne
• Application Number:
  US15/685,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20180058103A1
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0048 Circuits, feeding, monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0058 by batteries
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0071 Connecting lockparts by electronic communication means only, e.g. bus systems, time multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/00 Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means electric permutation locks E05B49/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0012 with rotary electromotors actuators with rotary electromotors per se H02K7/06, H02K23/68
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 63/042 constructed symmetrically
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/0032 for hotel rooms electronic G07C9/00904
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 9/02 Casings of latch-bolt or deadbolt locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00722 with magnetic components, e.g. magnets, magnetic strips, metallic inserts mechanical locks operated by permanent magnets E05B47/0038
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00944 Details of construction or manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1021 Motor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/699 Motor controlled

Abstract

The locking system is provided for controlling the unlocking of a door by an electronic key. The locking system has a first pack configured to be received within a first recessed area of the door, the first pack having an actuator configured and adapted to move a bolt slidingly housed in the lock pack; a second pack configured to be received within a second recessed area of the door; a reader interface adapted to receive an input from the electronic key and a controller adapted to receive the input from the reader interface, authenticate the input, and control the actuator based on the authentication.

Claims

1. A locking system for controlling the unlocking of a door by an electronic key, the locking system comprising:

a first pack configured to be received within a first recessed area of the door, the first pack having at least one bolt and an actuator configured and adapted to unlock the door;

a second pack configured to be received within a second recessed area of the door;

a reader adapted to receive an input from the electronic key and a controller adapted to receive the input from the reader, authenticate the input, and control the actuator based on the authentication;

wherein the second pack has a frame fastenable to the door, and a tray being slidably mounted to the frame in a manner that the tray can be slid out from the second recessed area to expose a portion thereof for maintenance; and

at least one component of the controller is secured to the tray in a manner to be exposed for maintenance when the tray is slid out from the frame.

2. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the frame and the tray form two opposite faces of the second pack, the face of the tray being on an inner side of the door, the tray being slidably mounted to the frame via an upper rail and a lower rail.

3. The locking system of claim 2 wherein an inner end of the frame and of the tray are provided with mating tabs being snugly received against one another when the tray is slid fully inwardly.

4. The locking system of claim 1 further comprising a faceplate removably fastened to an outer end of the second pack and preventing the sliding of the tray unless unfastened.

5. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the tray has a battery holder adapted to receive at least one battery, the battery being exposed for maintenance when the tray is slid out from the frame.

6. The locking system of claim 5 wherein the battery holder includes a spring clip formed of a band of metal having a central depression and two legs securable to the tray, the central depression being elastically deformed by the battery when the battery is received between the central depression and the tray.

7. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the at least one component of the controller secured to the tray is a main printed circuit board (PCB) of the controller.

8. The locking system of claim 1 the tray and the frame are both symmetrical along an axis parallel to the sliding orientation, and can thereby be used either in a left hinged or a right hinged door by rotating it by 180 degrees.

9. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the door has an aperture extending normal to a face of the door, and leading into the second recess, further comprising a maintenance jack secured to the frame and exposed to the aperture, and a cover removably securable to the door to cover the aperture.

10. The locking system of claim 9 further comprising a reader assembly including a base securable to the door and receiving the reader, wherein the cover is securable to the door via the base.

11. The locking system of claim 1 provided in combination with the door, wherein the door has a mortise having a first pocket receiving the first pack, and a second pocket receiving the second pack, a separator between the first pocket and the second pocket, an outer face of the separator including a first planar area and a step protruding from the first planar area, and a channel is provided between the step and a first edge of the mortise and extending from the first pocket to the second pocket, the channel receiving a wire connecting the first pack to the second pack.

12. The locking system of claim 11 wherein the wire more specifically connects a main PCB of the first pack to a lock actuator of the second pack.

13. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the controller is provided inside the second pack.

14. The locking system of claim 1 provided in combination with the door, wherein the door has a mortise having a first pocket receiving the first pack, and a second pocket receiving the second pack, a separator between the first pocket and the second pocket.

15. A locking system for controlling the unlocking of a door by an electronic key, the locking system comprising:

a first pack configured to be received within a first recessed area of the door, the first pack having at least one bolt and an actuator configured and adapted to unlock the door;

a second pack configured to be received within a second recessed area of the door;

a reader adapted to receive an input from the electronic key and a controller adapted to receive the input from the reader, authenticate the input, and control the actuator based on the authentication;

wherein the second pack has a frame fastenable to the door, and a tray being slidably mounted to the frame in a manner that the tray can be slid out from the second recessed area to expose a portion thereof for maintenance; and

wherein the tray has a battery holder adapted to receive at least one battery, the battery being exposed for maintenance when the tray is slid out from the frame.

16. The locking system of claim 15 wherein the battery holder includes a spring clip formed of a band of metal having a central depression and two legs securable to the tray, the central depression being elastically deformed by the battery when the battery is received between the central depression and the tray.

17. A locking system for controlling the unlocking of a door by an electronic key, the locking system comprising:

a first pack configured to be received within a first recessed area of the door, the first pack having at least one bolt and an actuator configured and adapted to unlock the door;

a second pack configured to be received within a second recessed area of the door;

a reader adapted to receive an input from the electronic key and a controller adapted to receive the input from the reader, authenticate the input, and control the actuator based on the authentication;

in combination with the door, wherein the door has a mortise having a first pocket receiving the first pack, and a second pocket receiving the second pack, a separator between the first pocket and the second pocket, an outer face of the separator including a first planar area and a step protruding from the first planar area, and a channel is provided between the step and a first edge of the mortise and extending from the first pocket to the second pocket, the channel receiving a wire connecting the first pack to the second pack.

18. The locking system of claim 17 wherein the wire more specifically connects a main PCB of the first pack to a lock actuator of the second pack.