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US 2023/0304319 A1Published application
Door latch assembly with wireless overlock
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsAdam Kuenzi, Thomas Grinter, Jon Luebeck, Matthew Hill
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Abstract
A door latch assembly includes a housing; a bolt configured to the extend from the housing in a first direction and retract into the housing in a second direction; a handle connected to the bolt; a lockable, blocking member configured to prevent movement of the bolt; a controller configured to place the door latch assembly into an overlock mode; an actuator in communication with the controller, the actuator configured to prevent movement of the bolt in the overlock mode.
Claims18
A door latch assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a bolt configured to the extend from the housing in a first direction and retract into the housing in a second direction;
- a handle connected to the bolt;
- a lockable, blocking member configured to prevent movement of the bolt;
- a controller configured to place the door latch assembly into an overlock mode;
- an actuator in communication with the controller, the actuator configured to prevent movement of the bolt in the overlock mode.
3 more elements
A method of operating a door latch assembly, the method comprising:
- determining, at a remote system, that an overlock mode is required at the door latch assembly;
- sending, from the remote system to the door latch assembly, a message to enter the overlock mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.