Electronic deadbolt lock
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorsGeorge Frolov, John E. Walsh, Victor Bogdanov, Alfred S. Levesque, Kevin D. Miller, Don Shilonie, Adam O'Day
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Abstract
A deadbolt lock assembly including a retractable and extendable deadbolt, a housing, an outside member movably mounted on the housing and being normally disconnected from the deadbolt, and an operator input device on the housing, with the operator input device connecting the member to the deadbolt in response to presentation of an appropriate credential, such that a force applied to the member by the operator is mechanically transmitted to the deadbolt to move the deadbolt.
Claims7
A deadbolt lock assembly comprising a retractable and extendable deadbolt, a housing, an outside member movably mounted on the housing, the member being normally disconnected from the deadbolt, and an operator input device on the housing, the device connecting the member to the deadbolt in response to presentation of an appropriate credential, such that a force applied to the member by the operator is mechanically transmitted to the deadbolt to move the deadbolt.
A deadbolt lock assembly comprising a retractable and extendable deadbolt, a housing, a credential reading device on the housing, an outside turnpiece pivotally mounted on the housing, the turnpiece being normally disconnected from the deadbolt, and a mechanism operable to connect the turnpiece to the deadbolt so that an operator can turn the turnpiece to move the deadbolt, the mechanism connecting the turnpiece to the deadbolt when an operator presents an appropriate credential to the credential reading device.
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