System for changing a locking state

• US 9,482,032 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2012
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DSB-Patent UG (haftungsbeschränkt) & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: DSB-Patent UG (haftungsbeschränkt) & Co. KG
• Inventors: Bedoian, Heike, Bedoian, Samuel, Zurkan, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, MARK A
• Application Number:
  US14/004,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20140001779A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,705 Days
• Field of Search: 292/336.3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 1/003 Handles pivoted about an axis perpendicular to the wing E05B3/00, E05B5/00, E05B13/106 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 1/0084 Handles or knobs with displays, signs, labels pictures, or the like displays on locks E05B17/226; displays on keys E05B19/0088
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 15/0053 means providing a stable, i.e. indexed, position of lock parts
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/0083 Sound emitting devices, e.g. loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/0087 Sound receiving devices, e.g. microphones
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/22 Means for operating or controlling lock or fastening device accessories, i.e. other than the fastening members, e.g. switches, indicators E05B39/00 - E05B45/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0058 by batteries
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0067 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0068 Door closed
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0094 Mechanical aspects of remotely controlled locks electronic locks G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0097 including means for monitoring voltage, e.g. for indicating low battery state
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 41/00 Locks with visible indication as to whether the lock is locked or unlocked indicator lights E05B17/10
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 45/06 Electric alarm locks E05B45/005 takes precedence
• 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: Y10T 292/57 Operators with knobs or handles

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for changing a locking state of a window and/or a door, comprising at least one handle housing that can be connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the window and/or the door and a handle that is rotatably mounted relative to the handle housing. The invention further comprises at least one electronic evaluation circuit for detecting the position of the handle, wherein the evaluation circuit is provided with at least one primed circuit board arranged, at least in part, inside the handle housing and/or the handle, and accommodating a first sensor. The handle is connected in a pivotably secure manner to at least one connecting device, which extends through the handle housing, by way of which the locking state of the window and/or the door can be changed, wherein the primed circuit board is connected to the connecting device and/or the handle in a pivotably secure manner.

Claims

1. A system for changing a locking state of a closure member, the closure member being a window or a door and being movably mounted to a structure, the system comprising:

a handle housing that is adapted to be coupled in a rotationally secure manner to the closure member;

a handle that is rotatably mounted relative to the handle housing, the handle being non-rotatably coupled to a connecting device extending through the handle housing by means of which the locking state of the closure member is selectively changeable; and

an electronic evaluation circuit that is configured to detect the position of the handle, the evaluation circuit having a printed circuit board arranged at least partially within at least one of the handle housing and the handle, the printed circuit board comprising a first sensor;

wherein the printed circuit board is non-rotatably coupled to at least one of the connecting device and the handle;

wherein the printed circuit board has an opening for receiving the connecting device such that the printed circuit board is non-rotatably coupled to the connection device; and

wherein the first sensor comprises at least one sensing device enabling autarchically the determination of its own spatial position and/or its orientation, and/or at least one sensing element of the first sensor and/or of the sensing device is positioned eccentrically on the printed circuit board relative to an axis of rotation of the printed circuit board, the connecting device and the handle.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the handle housing comprises a handle fitting and/or the handle housing is formed by a handle fitting, wherein the handle fitting is configured to be attached to the closure member.

3. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the connecting device comprises a multi-point socket pin and/or the connecting device is operatively engagable with at least one locking device of the closure member by means of which the position of at least one fitting element of the closure member is selectively changeable.

4. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least one latching device is arranged within the handle housing and/or adjacent to the printed circuit board, wherein the latching device has locking catches and/or a spring-loaded ball mechanism enclosed at least partially within the handle housing and/or embodied with the handle housing,

by means of which latching device the handle and/or the connecting device is engagable in at least one or in a plurality of handle positions.

5. The system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a latching device and a fixing device, the latching device being arranged within the handle housing, the fixing device being at least partially enclosed by the latching device, which is non-rotatably coupled to the handle, wherein the printed circuit board is non-rotatably coupled to the fixing device.

6. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the printed circuit board has a rotationally symmetrical, circumferential shape and/or at least one receptacle, is provided at the printed circuit board, in the vicinity of at least one opening for receiving the connecting device and/or the fixing device and/or in the surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the at least one receptacle being configured to engage with at least one complementary element arranged on a surface of the connecting device and/or the fixing device, or the printed circuit board comprises the complementary element and the connecting device, the handle and/or the fixing device comprises the receptacle.

7. The system as set forth in claim 6, wherein the sensing device enables the determination of the position and/or orientation based on acceleration data, velocity data, movement data, Earth'"'"'s magnetic field data, GPS data and/or (gyro) compass data, wherein the sensing device comprises at least one 3D sensor, wherein the at least one 3D sensor comprises a 3D-MEMS acceleration sensor.

8. The system as set forth in claim 6, wherein the sensing device enables the determination of the handle position, the open position, the closed position and/or the tilted position of the closure member, of an at least partial destruction of the structure of the closure member, and/or of the position of the printed circuit board, the fixing device, the connecting device and/or handle.

9. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least one component that is connectable electrically, electronically, by cable and/or wirelessly to the printed circuit board and/or arranged on the printed circuit board, said component comprising at least one power source an optical and/or acoustical output device, at least one input device, a reading device, a data communications device, at least one additional printed circuit board that can be stacked on the printed circuit board, a valve assembly, and/or a functional unit spatially separated from the system and connected to the system by cable, wirelessly and/or by radio, wherein said component being arranged at least partially in the handle, the connecting device, the fixing device, the latching device and/or the handle housing, the additional printed circuit board comprising the data communications device, the data communications device operating on free ISM frequency bands, and/or the additional printed circuit board is mounted in a stationary manner relative to the handle housing, the handle and/or the connecting device.

10. The system as set forth in claim 9, wherein the power source comprises an energy store and wherein a signal is output by means of the output device when the charge of the energy store device undershoots a predetermined threshold value and/or a hole in the handle housing and/or the handle is selectively illuminated by means of an optical output device that is coupled to the printed circuit board.

11. The system as set forth in claim 9, wherein an output signal intensity of the output device is controlled based on a predetermined set of environmental parameters.

12. The system as set forth in claim 9, wherein the input device and the output device are embodied at least partially as one device and/or the input device comprises at least in part the first sensor, wherein a one-time or repeated tapping is identifiable by means of the first sensor.

13. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least one connection means by means of which the printed circuit board can be connected to at least one other element, wherein the connection means being enclosed at least partially by the connecting device and/or fixing device, and/or the printed circuit board can be connected automatically to the other element by means of the connection means by plugging onto and/or connecting to the connecting device and/or fixing device.

14. The system as set forth in claim 9, wherein the printed circuit board, the element, the component, the functional unit and/or the other printed circuit board comprise at least one second sensor, the second sensor being at least in part enclosed by the input device.

15. The system as set forth in claim 9, wherein the system is connectable to at least one additional device by means of the data communications device.

16. The system as set forth in claim 14, further comprising at least one calibration device by means of which the data of the first sensor and/or of the second sensor can be calibrated.

17. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein a plurality of first sensors and/or second sensors is provided.

18. A closure member assembly comprising:

a closure member that is adapted to be movably mounted to a structure, the closure member being a window and/or a door; and

a system for changing a locking state of a closure member, the system comprising a handle housing, a handle and an electronic evaluation circuit, the handle housing being non-rotatably coupled to the closure member, the handle being rotatably mounted relative to the handle housing and non-rotatably connected to at least one connecting device extending through the handle housing by means of which the locking state of the closure member is selectively changeable, the electronic evaluation circuit being configured to detect the position of the handle and having a printed circuit board arranged at least partially within at least one of the handle housing and the handle, the printed circuit board comprising a first sensor, the printed circuit board being non-rotatably connected to at least one of the connecting device and the handle;

wherein the printed circuit board has an opening for receiving the connecting device such that the printed circuit board is connected to the connection device in a rotationally secure manner; and

wherein the first sensor comprises at least one sensing device enabling autarchically the determination of its own spatial position and/or its orientation, and/or at least one sensing element of the first sensor and/or of the sensing device is positioned eccentrically on the printed circuit board relative to an axis of rotation of the printed circuit board, the connecting device and the handle.

19. A method for detecting a position of a system for changing the locking state of a closure member and of a position of the closure member, the closure member being a window and/or a door that is movably mounted to a structure, the method comprising:

providing the system, the system comprising a handle housing, a handle and an electronic evaluation circuit, the handle housing being non-rotatably coupled to the closure member, the handle being rotatably mounted relative to the handle housing and non-rotatably connected to at least one connecting device extending through the handle housing by means of which the locking state of the closure member is selectively changeable, the electronic evaluation circuit being configured to detect the position of the handle, the evaluation circuit having at least one printed circuit board arranged at least partially within at least one of the handle housing and the handle, the printed circuit board comprising a first sensor, the printed circuit board being non-rotatably connected to at least one of the connecting device and the handle, the printed circuit board has an opening for receiving the connecting device such that the printed circuit board is non-rotatable connected to the connection device, and the first sensor comprises at least one sensing device enabling autarchically the determination of its own spatial position and/or its orientation, and/or at least one sensing element of the first sensor and/or of the sensing device is positioned eccentrically on the printed circuit board relative to an axis of rotation of the printed circuit board, the connecting device and the handle; and

determining the locking state and the position by means of at least one first sensor.

20. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein by means of a calibration device and/or an initialization device, at least one locking state and/or one position is or are allocated to the data detected by means of the sensor.

21. The method as set forth in claim 19, further comprising determining an event entailing at least partial destruction of the structure of the closure member based at least partly on an output signal of a first sensor.

22. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein an initialization/calibration is initiated by the calibration device and/or the initialization device and/or the changing of an operational state of the system based on data of the first sensor, based on data of at least one second sensor, based on at least one input by means of an input device and/or the generation of at least one pulse acting on the first sensor and/or the second sensor.

23. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein in order to generate the at least one pulse or a predetermined sequence of pulses, a handle, a connecting device, a fixing device and/or a printed circuit board on which the first sensor is arranged, the system and/or the window and/or the door is moved or transferred to at least one predetermined position.

24. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein to execute and/or end the calibration and/or initialization, the system and/or the closure member is or are moved into at least one or a plurality of positions.

25. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein by means of the first sensor, a spatial position and/or orientation of the printed circuit board, a fixing device and/or a connecting device, and/or an action of force on the system and/or the closure member is determined.

26. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein by means of the first sensor, a swiveling, sliding and/or tilting movement of the closure member is detected.

27. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein by means of at least one output device, at least one alarm signal is outputted when a prying, swiveling, sliding and/or tilting movement is detected when the system is in a locking position, when a swiveling and/or sliding movement is detected when the system is in a partial unlocking position, when a movement characteristic of an at least partial destruction of the structure of the closure member is detected by means of the first sensor, when the system is in a locking position and the system is in an inward opening prevention position, optionally when the closure member are simultaneously in the closed position and the system is moved out of the locking position.

28. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein based on data of at least one second sensor, at least one additional environmental condition, the approach of a person, a concentration of at least one gas, a smoke concentration, an intactness of the structure of the window and/or door, a charge state of an energy store device and/or glass breakage is detected by means of the first sensor and/or the second sensor, at least one special alarm is triggered, space monitoring is activated, and/or an additional functional component is controlled.

29. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein the system is connected to at least one additional device.