Access credential reader connector

• US 9,715,776 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xceedid Corporation (Allegion PLC)
• Original Assignee: Xceedid Corporation (Allegion PLC)
• Inventors: Conlin, Michael T.
• Primary Examiner(s): McNally, Kerri
• Assistant Examiner(s): Akhter, Sharmin
• Application Number:
  US13/926,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20130342313A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,491 Days
• Field of Search: 70204, 70223, 70264, 70280, 702781, 702787, 70422, 70472, 70149, 70189, 70218, 70277, 248 49- 745
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/23 by means of a password
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/33 by means of a password
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49174 Assembling terminal to elongated conductor

Abstract

An apparatus including a central access control system and an access reader. The access reader is structured to receive an access credential from the central access control system, and includes a first connector connected with a second connector with the second connector connected to a cable, and with the cable in electronic communication with the central access control system. Connection of the first connector and the second connector places the access reader in electronic communication with the central access control system.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a central access control in electronic communication with an access control database, the access control database including an access credential;

a wiring harness;

an access reader including a housing, the housing including a connector structured to receive and retain the wiring harness, wherein the access reader is further structured to receive an input, the connector including a wall structure that outwardly projects from a rear side of the housing, the wall structure sized to form a protective barrier about a plurality of electric connectors of the connector, a recess in a harness housing of the wiring harness configured to receive insertion of the wall structure and the plurality of electric connectors, an outer portion of the harness housing including a notch sized to receive insertion of a portion of a deflectable clip of the housing to lockingly couple the harness housing to the connector, at least a portion of the deflectable clip extending from a rear side of the housing of the access reader;

wherein the access reader is structured to electronically communicate the input through the connector and the wiring harness to a cable, the cable being electronically coupled to the wiring harness, wherein the input is communicated to the central access control through the cable; and

wherein the central access control compares the input with the access credential to verify access;

a backplate structured to be fastened to one of a wall or a gang box, the backplate including an aperture structured to permit the wiring harness and at least a portion of the cable to pass therethrough for connection to the connector; and

a retention device configured to retain the access reader to the backplate, wherein the retention device is configured to be accessible from a front portion of the housing of the access reader.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of electric connectors and the wiring harness includes a male pin adaptor and the other of the wiring harness and the plurality of electric connectors includes a female pin receiver.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the backplate is structured to retain the housing to the backplate after the wiring harness has been engaged with the connector.

4. The system of claim 1, further including a tamper sensor located in a portion of the housing, and wherein at least one of a plurality of sidewalls of the wall structure includes a slot sized and positioned to receive insertion of a tab that projects from the harness housing.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the access reader is structured to receive the input from an RFID card.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the housing further includes a keypad and wherein the access reader is structured to receive the input from the keypad, and wherein the wall structure comprises a first pair of sidewalls and a second pair of sidewalls, the first part of sidewalls projecting from the housing by a first distance, the second pair of sidewalls projecting from the housing b a second distance, the first distance being larger than the second distance.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the deflectable clip is located in juxtaposition to the wall structure, wherein the deflectable clip is structured to be deflected by engagement with the harness housing as the harness housing is displaced into operable engagement with the connector before the deflectable clip is received in a notch in the harness housing of the wiring harness.

8. A method, comprising:

connecting a wiring harness to a cable, the cable including a plurality of wires, wherein connecting the wiring harness to the cable includes placing at least one of the plurality of wires in electronic communication with the wiring harness, wherein the at least one of the plurality of wires is in electronic communication with a central access control;

inserting the wiring harness and at least a portion of the cable through an aperture in a backplate;

coupling the wiring harness to a connector located in a housing of an access reader, whereby the access reader is placed in electronic communication with the central access control, and wherein coupling the wiring harness to the connector includes placing a wall structure that outwardly projects from a rear side of a housing of the access reader within a recess in a harness housing of the wiring harness, the wall structure sized to provide a protective barrier about a plurality of electric connectors of the connector, and wherein coupling the wiring harness to the connector further includes lockingly coupling a deflectable clip that extends from a rear side of the housing to a notch in the harness housing; and

coupling the access reader to the backplate from a front portion of the housing of the access reader.

9. The method of claim 8, further including:

fastening the backplate to one of a gang box and a wall, wherein the cable extends from an interior cavity of the wall outwardly through the one of the gang box and the wall.

10. The method of claim 9, further including positioning a tamper detector within the housing adjacent a portion of the backplate upon coupling the access reader to the backplate and inserting a tab that projects from the harness housing into a slot in the wall structure.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein placing at least one of the plurality of wires in electronic communication with the wiring harness further includes placing between four to twelve wires in electronic communication with the wiring harness, wherein the connector is structured to receive independent electronic communication from the four to twelve wires.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a central access control system;

an access reader structured to receive an access credential from the central access control system, wherein the access reader includes a first connector connected with a second connector, the second connector being connected to a cable, the cable in electronic communication with the central access control system, the first connector including a wall structure and a plurality of electronic connectors, the wall structure outwardly projecting from a rear side of a housing of the access reader and positioned about a perimeter area of the plurality of electronic connectors, the wall structure sized to both form a protective barrier about the plurality of electronic connectors and to be received with the plurality of electronic connectors in a recess in a housing of the second connector;

a deflectable clip extending from the rear side of the housing of the access reader, the deflectable clip sized for locking reception in a notch in an outer surface of the housing of the second connector;

a backplate configured to be fastened to a wall, the backplate including an aperture to allow the second connector and at least a portion of the cable to pass therethrough;

a retention device configured to retain the access reader to the backplate, wherein the retention device is configured to be accessible from a front portion of the access reader; and

wherein connection of the first connector and the second connector places the access reader in electronic communication with the central access control system.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the backplate is configured to retain the access reader to the structure.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further including a tamper detector located on one of the backplate and the access reader, wherein the tamper detector is placed adjacent the other of the backplate and the access reader, wherein the tamper detector is structured to detect movement relative the backplate and the access reader.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, further including a coverplate disposed atop an outer surface of the access reader, the coverplate located on a side opposite the backplate.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the wall structure comprises a first pair of sidewalls and a second pair of sidewalls, the first pair of sidewalls projecting from the housing by a distance that is greater than a distance at which the second pair of sidewalls extend from the housing.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the deflectable clip is structured to be deflected away from the wall structure by the second connector before being lockingly received in the notch in the housing of the second connector.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the plurality of electronic connectors of the first connector comprises either a plurality of pins or a plurality of pin receiving members, and wherein the second connector includes the other of the plurality of pins and the plurality of pin receiving members, whereby the plurality of pins and the pin receiving members are structured to engage one another in electronic communication to thereby permit electronic signals to flow therethrough.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second connector comprises a wiring harness.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the access reader further comprises at least one of a RFID reader and a keypad positioned in the housing.