US 11,238,680 B2 · Keyless puck lock apparatus and system

Abstract

A keyless puck lock apparatus with wireless communications and power interfaces. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a keyless puck lock system enabling a low cost and high security solution that is difficult to tamper with and defeat. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the system uses a keyless puck lock assembly that includes a hasp assembly and a keyless lock mechanism that does not require any physical mechanical keys so that it does not have a mechanical cylinder inserted therein to lock or unlock the puck lock. Accordingly, the keyless puck lock system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention does not have a physical keyway which is a security attack point that is included in conventional hockey puck-type locks.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electronic lock apparatus comprising:

a lock portion comprising a locking mechanism, a controller, a battery, a wireless communications interface, and a first wireless power interface;
and
a hasp portion selectively coupled to the lock portion and comprising a second wireless power interface,
wherein the controller is operably engaged with the wireless communications interface to receive a wireless transmission signal from at least one mobile electronic device and actuate the locking mechanism from a locked state to an unlocked state in response to processing the wireless transmission signal,
wherein the first wireless power interface of the lock portion is operably engaged with the second wireless power interface of the hasp portion to provide a wireless charging interface for the battery.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/232,124Filed 15 Apr 2021 · continuation

Priority

8 Mar 2011

Published

US 2021/0304534 A130 Sep 2021

Granted

1 Feb 2022

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G07C 9/00309
Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers…:…
E05B 67/36
Padlocks ; Details thereof: padlocks with closing means other than shackles ; Removable locks, the lock body itself being the locking element;…
E05C 19/08
Other devices specially designed for securing wings, e.g. with suction cups: hasps; Hasp fastenings; Spring catches therefor
G06F 21/00
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised

Family

Application61/450,185Us provisional application · filed 8 Mar 2011

Application13/414,348Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Mar 2012

Application16/103,554Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Aug 2018

US 10,089,811 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Oct 2018

Application16/806,553Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Mar 2020

US 10,580,237 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Mar 2020

US 2021/0304534 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Sep 2021

US 10,984,618 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2012/0229251 A1Published application

US 2019/0051074 A1Published application

US 2020/0273269 A1Published application

US 11,238,680 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Keyless puck lock apparatus and system

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Keyless puck lock apparatus and system

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Abstract

Claims20