Multipoint lock
AssigneeEndura Products, Inc.
InventorsTomasz Jaskiewicz, George Heid, Eric Johnson, Adam Kendall
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Abstract
A multipoint lock is described. The multipoint lock includes a main latch. The main latch has a latched position where the main latch is configured to extend a first distance from an unhinged edge of a door panel. The main latch is configured to be retractable toward the unhinged edge of the door panel by rotation of a latch drive hub in each of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction relative to a first side of the door panel. The multipoint lock also includes at least one auxiliary latch and a deadbolt drive hub. Rotation of the deadbolt drive hub substantially simultaneously actuates the main latch and the at least one auxiliary latch.
Claims20
A powered lock assembly comprising:
- a main latch having a latched position in which the main latch is configured to extend a first distance from an unhinged edge of a door panel, a retracted position in which the main latch is retracted within the unhinged edge of the door panel;
- a first auxiliary latch having a deadbolt position in which the first auxiliary latch is configured to extend from the unhinged edge or a top edge of the door panel and an unlocked position in which the first auxiliary latch is retracted towards the unhinged edge or the top edge of the door panel;
- a deadbolt drive hub operably coupled to the main latch and the first auxiliary latch, the deadbolt drive hub rotatable to transition the powered lock assembly between an operating configuration in which the main latch is translatable between the latched position and the retracted position and the first auxiliary latch is retracted from the unhinged edge or the top edge of the door panel, and a deadbolt configuration in which the main latch is prevented from retracting to the retracted position and the first auxiliary latch is extended from the unhinged edge or the top edge of the door panel;
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- a powered actuator operably coupled to the deadbolt drive hub, the powered actuator configured to rotate the deadbolt drive hub such that the powered lock assembly is transitioned between the operating configuration and the deadbolt configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.