Remotely operated self-contained electronic lock security system assembly
First Claim
1. An electronic lock apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a strike plate;
(b) a latch cooperatively engageable with said strike plate and movable between engaged and disengaged positions;
(c) mechanical locking means, operatively connected with said latch, for selectively preventing movement of said latch between said engaged and disengaged positions, said locking means requiring only a primary motive force acting coincidentally along or about a locking axis for said selective prevention of movement;
(d) electromechanical means, operatively connected to said mechanical locking means, for providing the primary motive force to said locking means; and
(e) electronic control means, responsive to an encoded received signal, for selectively energizing said electromechanical means, wherein said electromechanical means provides force only along or about the locking axis.
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Abstract
A locking mechanism for use in a door and the like. A remote handheld controller transmits coded signals to an electronic door lock. A sensor/receiver receives the signals and provides the signal to a processor which compares the coded signals against a predetermined stored signal. If the received coded signal matches the predetermined signal, then the processor generates control signals to actuate an electromechanical device, which acts solely along or about the locking axis, to enable or disable the locking latch. The user is then able to turn the door handle in a normal manner. The coded signals are comprised of two separate signals which are transmitted in segments interleaved with one another. The first signal includes an entrance code, while the second signal provides information concerning the frequency over which the next segments will be transmitted. The processor uses the second signal information to tune the receiver.
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19 Claims
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1. An electronic lock apparatus, comprising:
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(a) a strike plate; (b) a latch cooperatively engageable with said strike plate and movable between engaged and disengaged positions; (c) mechanical locking means, operatively connected with said latch, for selectively preventing movement of said latch between said engaged and disengaged positions, said locking means requiring only a primary motive force acting coincidentally along or about a locking axis for said selective prevention of movement; (d) electromechanical means, operatively connected to said mechanical locking means, for providing the primary motive force to said locking means; and (e) electronic control means, responsive to an encoded received signal, for selectively energizing said electromechanical means, wherein said electromechanical means provides force only along or about the locking axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic lock system, comprising:
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(a) key means for generating a signal; (b) receiver means for receiving said signal; (c) processor means, cooperatively connected to said receiver means, for comparing said received signal with a stored reference signal and for generating an actuation signal if said received signal is determined to be equivalent to said reference signal; (d) primary mover means, operatively connected to said processor means and wherein said primary mover means includes a shaft cooperatively connected to a lock mechanism which is engaged and disengaged solely by a rotation of a locking rod about the longitudinal axis of said rod, for rotating said rod in response to said actuation signal, wherein only the primary mover means is used to rotate said rod thereby locking and unlocking the lock mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A lock apparatus for an entryway door, of the type wherein a latch engages a strike plate, comprising:
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(a) a locking bar for engaging and disengaging a cam which prevents a locking mechanism from moving the latch between an engaged position with the strike plate to a disengaged position with the strike plate, said locking bar rotating about its longitudinal axis; (b) remote component means for generating a coded signal; and (c) resident component means for receiving said coded signal, for comparing said coded signal with a stored predetermined reference signal, for generating an actuation signal if said coded signal matches said stored predetermined signal, and for rotating said locking bar, wherein said resident component means introduce only the physical rotation coincidentally along or about said longitudinal axis of said bar to lock said locking mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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