INTEGRATED LOCK BODY SYSTEM FOR SECURING ACCESS POINTS

• US 20160090753A1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASSA Abloy Incorporated (Assa Abloy AB)
• Original Assignee: ASSA Abloy Incorporated (Assa Abloy AB)
• Inventors: Piantek, Ryan, Lowder, Scott B., Sangster, Richard D. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 10,655,363 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2045/0615 triggered by movement of the handle
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2045/064 by movement of the lock housing or part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0048 Circuits, feeding, monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0067 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0071 Connecting lockparts by electronic communication means only, e.g. bus systems, time multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0072 Operation
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0088 Key-operated switch
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0001 with electric actuators; Constructional features thereof for vehicles E05B81/04
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0012 with rotary electromotors actuators with rotary electromotors per se H02K7/06, H02K23/68
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/026 the bolt moving rectilinearly
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0673 with a rectilinearly moveable blocking element

Abstract

An integrated lock body system for securing access points. An electronic door lock has a lock body, at least one electrical component within the lock to be monitored, and at least one output for connection to an external unit located remotely from the electronic door lock for monitoring load resistance between the external unit and the electronic door lock. A circuit is mounted adjacent to or within the electronic lock body. The circuit includes an electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and an external electrical output for connection to the external unit. The circuit further includes at least one resistor between the electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and the external electrical output, the at least one resistor imparting a desired load resistance capable of being monitored by the external unit.

Claims

8-1. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

providing an electrical connector key for electrically connecting selected components mounted within the electronic door lock, the electrical connector key having a connector key housing shaped to engage the electronic door lock, the circuit mounted within the connector key housing;

providing a lock side key connector mounted to the connector key housing for electrically connecting to the electronic door lock, the lock side key connector including a plurality of electrical connection points, the lock side key connector being shaped to electrically connect to a mating lock connector mounted within the electronic door lock when the connector key housing engages the electronic door lock; and

placing the connector key housing into a mating opening in the electronic door lock to electrically connect the electronic door lock with the external unit.

14. A method for determining tampering at an access point, comprising the steps of:

providing at the access point an electronic door lock having a lock body, at least one electrical component within the lock to be monitored, and at least one output for connection to an external unit;

providing a circuit mounted adjacent to or within the electronic lock body, the circuit including an electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and an external electrical output for connection to the external unit, the circuit further including at least one resistor between the electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and the external electrical output, the at least one resistor imparting a desired load resistance capable of being monitored by the external unit;

providing an external unit located remotely from the electronic door lock and capable of monitoring load resistance between the external unit and the electronic door lock, the electronic door lock being in electrical communication with the external unit; and

monitoring load resistance of the least one resistor in the circuit mounted adjacent to or within the electronic door lock body to determine the state of the electronic door lock at the external unit.

1. An integrated lock body system for securing access points comprising:

an electronic door lock having a lock body, at least one electrical component within the lock to be monitored, and at least one output for connection to an external unit located remotely from the electronic door lock for monitoring load resistance between the external unit and the electronic door lock; and

a circuit mounted adjacent to or within the electronic lock body, the circuit including an electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and an external electrical output for connection to the external unit, the circuit further including at least one resistor between the electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and the external electrical output, the at least one resistor imparting a desired load resistance capable of being monitored by the external unit.

2. The integrated lock body system of claim 1 wherein the electronic door lock has a plurality of outputs for connection to the external unit.

3. The integrated lock body system of claim 1 further including an external unit located remotely from the electronic door lock and capable of monitoring load resistance between the external unit and the electronic door lock, the electronic door lock being in electrical communication with the external unit.

4. The integrated lock body system of claim 1 wherein the circuit is a configurable circuit including a plurality of electrical connections extending from a selected set of electrical connection points within the electronic door lock to a selected set of external electrical outputs for connection to the external unit, the circuit including a plurality of resistors being able to be configured to impart a desired load resistance capable of being monitored by the external unit, wherein when the external electrical outputs are connected to the external unit the plurality of electrical connections of the configurable circuit, the selected sets of the electrical connection points and the external electrical outputs define a configured interconnection between the selected components within the electronic door lock and the external unit.

5. The integrated lock body system of claim 4 wherein the plurality of resistors are embedded in the circuit.

6. The integrated lock body system of claim 1 wherein the circuit is mounted within the electronic lock body.

7. The integrated lock body system of claim 1 wherein the circuit is mounted adjacent to the electronic lock body.

8. The integrated lock body system of claim 4 further comprising:

an electrical connector key for electrically connecting selected components mounted within the electronic door lock, the electrical connector key having a connector key housing shaped to engage the electronic door lock, the configurable circuit mounted within the connector key housing; and

a lock side key connector mounted to the connector key housing for electrically connecting to the electronic door lock, the lock side key connector including a plurality of electrical connection points, the lock side key connector being shaped to electrically connect to a mating lock connector mounted within the electronic door lock when the connector key housing engages the electronic door lock.

9. The integrated lock body system of claim 8 wherein the connector key housing is shaped to snap into a mating opening in the electronic door lock.

10. The integrated lock body system of claim 8 wherein the plurality of external electrical outputs for connection to the external unit comprise a plurality of wires and wherein selected wires are soldered at one end to the configurable circuit to define the selected set of the external electrical outputs.

11. The integrated lock body system of claim 8 wherein the electrical connector key communicates with the electronic door lock to identify the electrical connector key as an authorized electrical connector key.

12. The integrated lock body system of claim 4 wherein the configurable circuit is positioned within a configurable circuit housing mounted adjacent to the electronic lock body and in electrical communication with the electronic door lock.

13. The integrated lock body system of claim 12 wherein the plurality of external electrical outputs for connection to the external unit comprise a plurality of wires and wherein selected wires are soldered at one end to the configurable circuit to define the selected set of the external electrical outputs.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the circuit is a configurable circuit including a plurality of electrical connections extending from a selected set of electrical connection points within the electronic door lock to a selected set of external electrical outputs for connection to the external unit, the circuit including a plurality of resistors being able to be configured to impart a desired load resistance capable of being monitored by the external unit, and including configuring the circuit so that the plurality of electrical connections of the configurable circuit, the selected sets of the electrical connection points and the external electrical outputs define a configured interconnection with a desired resistance load between the selected components within the electronic door lock and the external unit.

17. The method of claim 14 including mounting the circuit within the electronic lock body.

18. The method of claim 14 including mounting the circuit adjacent to the electronic lock body.

15. The integrated lock body system of claim 15 wherein the monitoring determines change to a resistance value established for the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the electrical connector key communicates with the electronic door lock to identify the electrical connector key as an authorized electrical connector key.