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US 12,540,492 B2Granted
Electric lock device
AssigneeMINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
InventorKazuhiro Nakaishi
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Abstract
Upon detecting that an operation knob is operated from a lock position to an unlock position within a set time Tset_a and is operated to the lock position based on an input from a potential sensor 15, a control portion 13 of an electronic lock device switches from self-lock control to self-lock temporary stopping control.
Claims5
An electronic lock device comprising:
- a body attached to a door including a lock/unlock portion for a switching operation between locking and unlocking;
- a coupling portion mechanically coupled to the lock/unlock portion;
- a manual operation portion that is provided in the body, operates integrally with the coupling portion, and is manually operable among a lock position where the door is locked by the lock/unlock portion via the coupling portion, an unlock position where the door is unlocked by the lock/unlock portion via the coupling portion, and a neutral position between the lock position and the unlock position;
- a position detection portion that detects which of the lock position, the unlock position, and a neutral position the manual operation portion is positioned in;
- a drive portion that drives the coupling portion to cause the lock/unlock portion to lock and unlock the door;
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- a control portion that can execute self-lock control in which the driving unit drives the coupling portion to cause the lock/unlock portion to lock the door and self-lock temporary stop control of temporarily stopping the self-lock control when a predetermined time elapses after the position detection portion detects that the lock/unlock portion has changed from the lock position to the unlock position,
- wherein the control portion switches from the self-lock control to the self-lock temporary stop control upon detecting that the manual operation portion is operated from the lock position to the neutral position and is maintained at the neutral position at least for a first set time or more based on an input from the position detection portion.
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