Electronic cam assembly
First Claim
1. A lock, comprising:
- a housing bearing a hole;
a bolt supported by and travelling within a plane between a first position protruding beyond said housing and a second position retracted within said housing, said bolt bearing a guide aperture and a drive aperture;
a cylinder plug perforated by a keyway having an axis transversely oriented relative to said plane, said cylinder plug having an exposed peripherial surface surrounding said keyway, and a key retainer positioned within said cylinder plug to retain a shank of a key inserted within said keyway;
a cam positioned between said housing and said bolt, to rotate in response to rotation by said cylinder plug and force said bolt to travel between said first position and said second position as a key conformingly corresponding to said cylinder plug manually applies a rotational force to said cylinder plug through an arc centered upon said axis;
a torque sensitive member exhibiting a shear force, said member forming an operational connection between said cylinder plug and said cam while transmitting said rotational force between said cylinder plug and said cam via said operational connection until said rotational force exceeds said sheer force;
a spacer extending along said axis from one of said cylinder plug and said cam, and extending into said guide aperture;
a guide centered along said axis, extending from said spacer, conforming to and received within said hole borne by said housing;
a second pin spaced radially apart from said axis, extending from said cam and into said drive aperture;
an electronic circuit containing a memory, said electronic circuit being mounted within said housing and borne by said cam to rotate with said cam through said arc, said electronic circuit operationally responding to electrical representations of data carried by the key conformingly corresponding to said lock; and
a release mounted upon and borne by said cam, and operationally activated by said electronic circuit to move between a deployed position preventing rotation of said cam relative to said housing, and a released position accommodating said rotation of said cam relative to said housing.
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Abstract
A cam assembly may be constructed with cylinder plug perforated by a centrally positioned keyway, and having an exposed circumferential surface surrounding the keyway rotatably fitted within a centrally positioned keyhole of a housing, and rotated within the centrally positioned keyhole in response to rotational force applied by a key conformingly corresponding to the cylinder plug through an arc. A cam mounted either coaxially with the cylinder plug, or radially offset from the cylinder plug, is positioned within the housing to rotate with the cylinder plug as the key conformingly corresponding to the lock manually applies a rotational force to the cylinder plug rotates through the arc, while a member attached to the cam and eccentrically positioned relative to the keyway, drives the bolt between extended and retracted positions as the cylinder plug rotates through the arc. An electronic circuit containing a memory and a microprocessor, is mounted upon and supported by the cam to rotate with the cam through the arc. The electronic circuit operationally responds to digital data carried by the key that is in electronic conformance to data stored within the memory, by electrically energizing a release mechanism that is spaced-apart from the axis of rotation of the cylinder plug, to move between a deployed position preventing rotation of the cam relative to the housing, and a released position accommodating the rotation of the cam relative to the housing.
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34 Claims
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1. A lock, comprising:
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a housing bearing a hole;
a bolt supported by and travelling within a plane between a first position protruding beyond said housing and a second position retracted within said housing, said bolt bearing a guide aperture and a drive aperture;
a cylinder plug perforated by a keyway having an axis transversely oriented relative to said plane, said cylinder plug having an exposed peripherial surface surrounding said keyway, and a key retainer positioned within said cylinder plug to retain a shank of a key inserted within said keyway;
a cam positioned between said housing and said bolt, to rotate in response to rotation by said cylinder plug and force said bolt to travel between said first position and said second position as a key conformingly corresponding to said cylinder plug manually applies a rotational force to said cylinder plug through an arc centered upon said axis;
a torque sensitive member exhibiting a shear force, said member forming an operational connection between said cylinder plug and said cam while transmitting said rotational force between said cylinder plug and said cam via said operational connection until said rotational force exceeds said sheer force;
a spacer extending along said axis from one of said cylinder plug and said cam, and extending into said guide aperture;
a guide centered along said axis, extending from said spacer, conforming to and received within said hole borne by said housing;
a second pin spaced radially apart from said axis, extending from said cam and into said drive aperture;
an electronic circuit containing a memory, said electronic circuit being mounted within said housing and borne by said cam to rotate with said cam through said arc, said electronic circuit operationally responding to electrical representations of data carried by the key conformingly corresponding to said lock; and
a release mounted upon and borne by said cam, and operationally activated by said electronic circuit to move between a deployed position preventing rotation of said cam relative to said housing, and a released position accommodating said rotation of said cam relative to said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A lock, comprising:
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a housing;
a bolt supported by and traveling between a first position protruding beyond said housing and a second position retracted within said housing, said bolt being perforated by a guide aperture and a drive aperture;
a cam positioned along an axis transversely oriented relative to said bolt, perforated by a keyway accommodating insertion of a shank of a key exhibiting a first orientation relative to said housing and conformingly corresponding to physical characteristics of said keyway, to rotate with the key and force said bolt to travel between said first position and said second position as the key conformingly corresponding to said physical characteristics of said keyway manually applies a rotational force to said cam through an arc centered upon said axis;
a key retainer positioned within said lock to retain the shank of the key inserted within said keyway while the shank exhibits an orientation other than said first orientation;
a member eccentrically positioned relative to said axis, extending between said cam and said bolt to drive said bolt between said first position and said second position as said cam rotates through said arc;
an electronic circuit containing a memory, said electronic circuit operationally responding to digital data carried by the key that exhibits a functional correspondence to information stored within said memory; and
a release exhibiting operational activation under control of said electronic circuit in response to occurrence of said functional correspondence, to move between a first state and a second state, with one of said first state and said second state preventing rotation of said cam relative to said housing, and another of said first state and said second state accommodating said rotation of said cam relative to said housing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A lock, comprising:
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a housing;
a bolt;
a cylinder plug;
a cam positioned within said housing to rotate with said cylinder plug, said cam bearing a second drive member spaced radially apart from said axis and engaging said first drive member and forcing said bolt to move as said cylinder plug applies a rotational force to said cam; and
an electrical operator borne by said cam, in a first state preventing rotation of said cam and when in a second state allowing rotation of said cam. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A lock, comprising:
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a housing;
a bolt supported by said housing while moving within a longitudinal plane between a first position protruding beyond said housing and a second position retracted within said housing, said bolt bearing a first drive member;
a cylinder plug perforated by a keyway, said cylinder plug being positionable within said housing with an axis transversely orientated relative to said longitudinal plane, said cylinder plug having an exposed circumferential surface surrounding said keyway; and
a cam positioned within said housing along said axis between said cylinder plug and said bolt, to rotate with said cylinder plug, said cam bearing a second drive member spaced radially apart from said axis and engaging said first drive member and forcing said bolt to move within said longitudinal plane as a key comformingly corresponding to said cylinder plug applies a rotational force to said cylinder plug through an arc centered upon axis. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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