Module and an attachment system
AssigneeAvantis Hardware Limited
InventorsRyan Bromley, Thomas Jameson
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Abstract
An attachment system for a door or window, the attachment system being configured to sense a condition of a door or window, the attachment system including: a securing member configured to be mounted to a frame member of the door or window; and a module, configured to be coupled to a frame member by attachment to the securing member, the module including a sensor to sense the condition of the door or window, and the securing member including a resiliently biased clip configured to retain the module in attachment to the securing member selectively, wherein the securing member is configured space the module from at least part of the frame member such that the sensor is positioned to sense the condition of the door or window.
Claims18
A door or window including:
- a lock or latch mechanism actuatable between a locked and an unlocked condition;
- a system configured to determine the condition of the lock or latch mechanism, the system including:
- a module including first and second sensor units;
- a magnet configured to be attached to a part of the lock or latch mechanism such that the magnet moves along a magnet path with actuation of the lock or latch mechanism, the magnet having a magnetic axis which is directionally aligned with the magnet path, the magnet path passing both of the first and second sensor units, such that the module is configured to determine a current condition of the lock or latch mechanism by using the first and second sensor units to sense changes in a polarity of a sensed magnetic field generated by the magnet as the magnet moves along the magnet path.
A module for use in determining the condition of a latch or lock mechanism of a door or window, the module including:
- first and second sensor units configured to sense changes in a polarity of a sensed magnetic field of a magnet as the magnet moves along a magnet path, the magnet moving along the magnet path with actuation of a lock or latch mechanism between an unlocked and a locked condition, the magnet having a magnetic axis which is directionally aligned with the magnet path and the magnet path passing both of the first and second sensor units, such that the module determines a current condition of the lock or latch mechanism by using the sensed changes in the sensed polarity of a magnetic field generated by the magnet as the magnet moves along the magnet path.
A method of operating a system in relation to a window or door having a lock or latch mechanism actuatable between a locked and an unlocked condition, the method including:
- providing a module including first and second sensor units;
- securing the module to a part of the window or door;
- providing a magnet configured to be attached to a part of the lock or latch mechanism such that the magnet moves along a magnet path with actuation of the lock or latch mechanism, the magnet having a magnetic axis which is directionally aligned with the magnet path, the magnet path passing both of the first and second sensor units;
- attaching the magnet to the part of the lock or latch mechanism;
- using the module to determine a current condition of the lock or latch mechanism by using the first and second sensor units to sense changes in a polarity of a sensed magnetic field generated by the magnet as the magnet moves along the magnet path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.