Electromechanical locking latch
AssigneeSouthco, Inc.
InventorsIngo Stein, Jonathan Rebbeck, Nicholas Bennett
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Abstract
An electronic latch assembly includes a latch bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position; and a motor having a rotatable output shaft arrangement that is either directly or indirectly connected to the latch bolt for moving the latch bolt between the extended and retracted positions and rotating the output shaft arrangement between a first angular position in which the latch bolt is capable of being translated to the retracted position and a second angular position in which the latch bolt is locked and not capable of being translated to the retracted position.
Claims4
An electronic latch assembly comprising:
- a latch bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
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- a motor having a rotatable output shaft arrangement that is either directly or indirectly connected to the latch bolt for moving the latch bolt between the extended and retracted positions and rotating the output shaft arrangement between a first angular position in which the latch bolt is capable of being translated to the retracted position and a second angular position in which the latch bolt is locked and not capable of being translated to the retracted position.
An electronic latch assembly comprising:
- a housing including an interior compartment and a stopping surface defined within the interior compartment;
- a latch bolt positioned at least partially within the interior compartment, the latch bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- a motor having a rotatable output shaft arrangement that is either directly or indirectly connected to the latch bolt for moving the latch bolt between the extended and retracted positions;
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- a protrusion extending from the output shaft arrangement, wherein at a first angular position of the output shaft, the protrusion is maintained in an unlocked state in which the protrusion is separated from the stopping surface to permit movement of the latch bolt toward the retracted position, and, at a second angular position of the output shaft, the protrusion is maintained in a locked state in which the protrusion is positioned against the stopping surface to prevent movement of the latch bolt toward the retracted position.
An electronic latch assembly for selectively engaging a door opening, said electronic latch assembly comprising:
- a housing including an interior compartment;
- a latch bolt at least partially positioned within the interior compartment and movable between an extended position for engaging the door opening and a retracted position in which the latch bolt is disengaged from the door opening;
- a motor having a rotatable output shaft arrangement that is either directly or indirectly connected to the latch bolt for moving the latch bolt between the extended and retracted positions;
- a spring-loaded lever attached to the housing for biasing the electronic latch assembly away from the door opening when the latch bolt is maintained in the retracted position;
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- a sensor for sensing a position of the lever and communicating the sensed position of the lever to a controller of the electronic latch assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.