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US 11,674,333 B2Granted
Electronic lock for casework sliding doors
AssigneeAccuride International, Inc.
InventorsCharles Milligan, Todd Watanabe
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Abstract
An electronic locking device to secure linear transitioning or sliding doors. The electronic lock may include a bolt driven by a motor between a locked or extended position and an unlocked or retracted position. The bolt may be coupled to a sled, the sled moved by the motor between a forward position, placing the bolt in the locked position, and a rearward position, placing the bolt in the unlocked position. The motor may drive a drive screw to move the sled.
Claims19
A lock assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor within the housing;
- a drive screw within the housing, the drive screw drivable by the motor;
- a coupling having an inner diameter threaded to mate with threads of the drive screw, the coupling translatable through operation of the drive screw, the coupling including a circumferential flange;
- a bolt extendable through an aperture of the housing and retractable into the housing, with the motor being between the drive screw and the bolt;
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- a sled coupled to the coupling and the bolt, the sled having a portion slip-fitted around the coupling such that the sled is translatable relative to the coupling in a direction away from the circumferential flange of the coupling, with the circumferential flange of the coupling between the bolt and the portion of the sled slip-fitted around the coupling.
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