# US 2021/0277686 A1 · Electric strike lock > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0277686 A1 - Document ID: US20210277686A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/831,831 - Filed: 2020-03-27 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-05 - Assignees: Powertek Hardware Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Powertek Hardware Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chung-Yu Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210277686A1 ## CPC - E05B 63/244: {the striker being movable for latching, the bolt for unlatching, or vice versa} - E05B 47/0012: {with rotary electromotors (actuators with rotary electromotors per se H02K7/06, H02K23/68)} - E05B 47/0046: {Electric or magnetic means in the striker or on the frame; Operating or controlling the striker plate (E05B47/0696, E05B63/248 take precedence)} - E05B 59/00: Locks with latches separate from the lock-bolts or with a plurality of latches or lock-bolts - E05B 2047/0017: {with rotary motion} - E05B 2047/002: {Geared transmissions} - E05B 2047/0036: {Reversible actuators} - E05Y 2201/722: Racks - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF ## Abstract An electric strike lock is disclosed. The electric strike lock cooperates with a lock when in use. The lock has a lock tongue. The electric strike lock includes a base. The base has an opening for accommodating the lock tongue. The base has a pair of grooves corresponding to two opposite sides of the opening. Two sliding members are slidably disposed in the respective grooves. The sliding members are connected with at least one driving unit for the sliding members to slide closer to each other so that the lock tongue is engaged in the opening, or for the sliding members to gradually slide away from each other so that the lock tongue is disengaged from the opening, thereby performing locking and unlocking operations on a door in a sliding manner. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electric strike lock, cooperating with a lock when in use, the lock having a lock tongue, the lock tongue having a width, the electric strike lock comprising: a base, disposed along a long-axis direction, the base having a side wall around the base, an accommodating space being defined in the side wall, wherein the side wall has an opening section parallel to the long-axis direction, the opening section has an opening communicating with the accommodating space for accommodating the lock tongue, the base has a pair of grooves that correspond to two opposite sides of the opening and are parallel to the long-axis direction; two sliding members, slidably disposed in the respective grooves, the sliding members being configured to slide back and forth in the grooves parallel to the long-axis direction to be in a locked position or an unlocked position; wherein when in the locked position, the sliding members slide closer to each other until a distance between the sliding members is less than the width of the lock tongue; when in the unlocked position, the sliding members gradually slide away from each other until the distance between the sliding members is greater than the width of the locking tongue; at least one driving unit, accommodated in the accommodating space and connected to the sliding members, the driving unit being configured to drive the sliding members to slide back and forth in the grooves for switching the locked position and the unlocked position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electric strike lock as claimed in claim 1, wherein one side of each sliding member has a row of teeth parallel to the long-axis direction, the driving unit includes a motor, the motor has a driving shaft, the driving shaft is provided with two worms corresponding to the teeth of the respective sliding members, one of the worms has a right-hand thread, and the other worm has a left-hand thread. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electric strike lock as claimed in claim 2, wherein the driving unit further includes two reduction gears, and the reduction gears are rotatably pivoted to the base and connected between the corresponding worms and the teeth of the sliding member, respectively. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electric strike lock as claimed in claim 3, wherein the reduction gears each have a shaft hole, a rotating shaft is inserted through the shaft hole, and the base is formed with a positioning hole corresponding to one end of the rotating shaft for receiving the end of the rotating shaft so that the reduction gears are rotatably pivoted on the base. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electric strike lock as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a cover, the cover being configured to cover the base, the cover being formed with a retaining hole corresponding to another end of the rotating shaft, a shaft sleeve being provided in the retaining hole for receiving the another end of the rotating shaft. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electric strike lock as claimed in claim 5, wherein the cover has an enlarged opening corresponding to the opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The electric strike lock as claimed in claim 2, wherein the base is formed with a motor groove for receiving and retaining the motor, and the base is provided with a plurality of spaced retaining ribs for retaining a peripheral side of the driving shaft. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electric strike lock as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base is provided with a pair of first blocking walls parallel to the long-axis direction and a pair of second blocking walls parallel to the pair of first blocking walls at the two opposite sides of the opening, and the grooves are surrounded by the corresponding first blocking walls and the second blocking walls, respectively.