Electrified latch

An electromechanical component for a locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism includes a latching component having a latch member reciprocally movable between a locked orientation and an unlocked orientation, said electromechanical component comprising:

• a) a drive member configured to be coupled to said latch member;
• b) an actuator operably coupled to said drive member;
• c) a temperature sensor for sensing an ambient temperature associated with said locking mechanism;
• d) a position sensor;
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• e) a printed circuit board (PCB) in communication with said temperature sensor, said position sensor and said actuator,
• wherein when said PCB receives a control signal to move said latch member between said locked orientation and said unlocked orientation and said temperature sensor senses that said ambient temperature is below a predetermined threshold temperature, said PCB is configured to direct a pulsed current signal to said actuator to move said latch member between said locked orientation and said unlocked orientation,
• wherein said pulsed current signal is associated with a first motor drive profile,
• wherein said first motor drive profile is one of a plurality of motor drive profiles,
• wherein each of said plurality of motor drive profiles comprise a plurality of motor drive parameters,
• wherein said PCB is further configured to detect whether said latch member has reached said unlocked orientation utilizing said position sensor,
• wherein said PCB selects a second motor drive profile to move said latch member to said unlocked orientation based on a determination by said position sensor that said latch member has not reached said unlocked orientation, wherein said second motor drive profile is one of said plurality of motor drive profiles, and wherein said plurality of motor drive parameters of said second motor drive profile are dynamically adjusted based on said ambient temperature sensed by said temperature sensor.

A method of actuating a latch member between a locked orientation to secure a door panel to a cabinet housing and an unlocked orientation to free the door panel from the cabinet housing, wherein an electromechanical component includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and an actuator, wherein the actuator is operably coupled to a drive member, and wherein the drive member is coupled to the latch member, the method comprising:

• receiving a control signal to move the latch member between the locked orientation and the unlocked orientation;
• sensing an ambient temperature associated with the latch member;
• determining if the sensed ambient temperature is below a predetermined threshold temperature;
• if it is determined that the sensed ambient temperature is below the predetermined threshold temperature, directing a pulsed current signal to the actuator to move the latch member between the locked orientation and the unlocked orientation, wherein the pulsed current signal is associated with a first motor drive profile, wherein the first motor drive profile is one of a plurality of motor drive profiles, wherein each of the plurality of motor drive profiles comprise a plurality of motor drive parameters;
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• utilizing a position sensor, determining whether the latch member has not reached the unlocked orientation,
• wherein, after directing the pulsed current signal with the first motor drive profile, a second motor drive profile is selected to provide the pulsed current signal based on the position sensor determining that the latch has not reached the unlocked position, wherein the second motor drive profile is one of the plurality of motor drive profiles, and
• dynamically adjusting said plurality of motor drive parameters of said second motor drive profile based on said ambient temperature sensed by said temperature sensor.