Electronic door lock
AssigneePassiveBolt, Inc.
InventorsKabir Zachary Maiga, Philip Michael Johnson, Simon Forster
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Abstract
An electronic door lock includes a controller, a first touch sensor, and a lock operator. The first touch sensor detects touch on an exterior an exterior side of a door. The lock operator is selectively operated by the controller to unlock a deadbolt according to the touch detected by the first touch sensor. The electronic door lock is located on an interior side of the door. The first touch sensor may be electrically coupleable to a deadbolt lock for the deadbolt to act as an electrode of the touch sensor. The first touch sensor may detect the touch capacitively.
Claims20
An electronic door lock for use with a deadbolt lock for a door, the deadbolt lock of a type having a bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position and having a locking arm rotatable between a non-locking position and a locking position in which the locking arm prevents movement of the bolt from the extended position to the retracted position, the electronic door lock comprising:
- a controller;
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- a deadbolt locker having a locking actuator that is selectively operated by the controller to prevent rotation of the locking arm from the locking position to the non-locking position;
- wherein the locking actuator is movable between a first position in which the locking actuator is extended and prevents rotation of the locking arm from the locking position to the non-locking position and a second position in which the locking actuator is retracted and allows rotation of the locking arm between the locking position and the non-locking position.
An electronic door lock for operating a deadbolt lock of a door, the electronic door lock comprising;
- a deadbolt operator that locks and unlocks the deadbolt lock;
- a threaded fastener;
- a touch sensor that is conductively coupleable with the threaded fastener to the deadbolt lock for detecting touch of the deadbolt lock;
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- a controller that selectively operates the deadbolt operator according to the touch sensor.
An electronic door lock comprising:
- a touch sensor electrically connectable to a deadbolt lock to detect touch thereto;
- a deadbolt operator having an electric motor for extending and retracting a deadbolt mechanism of the deadbolt lock;
- a locking actuator movable to mechanically block the deadbolt lock;
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- a controller that selectively operates each of the locking actuator and the deadbolt operator according to the touch detected by the touch sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.