Illuminating door handle
OwnerElena Gorkovenko, Steven Andrew Moore +5inventors
InventorsElena Gorkovenko, Steven Andrew Moore, Oscar Romero, Kevin Pasma, David Downey, Jack Zhang, Hanna Farag
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Abstract
A door handle includes a handle body and a removable cartridge. The cartridge is insertable into and removable from an interior cavity of the handle body. The cartridge includes a light-emitting diode and a sensor. The light-emitting diode illuminates based on conditions sensed by the sensor. Upon pressing of a release button, the cartridge may be released from the interior cavity.
Claims20
A door handle comprising:
- a handle body operatively attachable to a spindle of a handleset, the handle body having a grippable portion and, when installed at a door, being rotatable to move a latch between an extended position and a retracted position;
- and
- a cartridge positioned within an interior cavity of the handle body, the cartridge including:
- a sensor circuit;
- a light-emitting diode, the light-emitting diode configured to illuminate based on conditions sensed by the sensor circuit;
- a battery;
- and
- a release button;
- wherein the cartridge is removable from the interior cavity of the handle body when the release button is pressed.
A cartridge removably insertable into a body of a door handle, the cartridge comprising:
- a sensor circuit;
- a light-emitting diode, the light-emitting diode configured to illuminate based on conditions sensed by the sensor circuit;
- a battery;
- and
- a release button;
- wherein the cartridge is insertable into an interior cavity of a handle body of the door handle and removable from the interior cavity of the handle body.
A method for changing a battery of an illuminating door handle, the method comprising:
- pressing a release button of a cartridge, thereby causing at least partial ejection of the cartridge from an interior cavity of a handle body of the illuminating door handle;
- removing the cartridge from the interior cavity, the cartridge including a first battery;
- replacing the first battery with a second battery;
- and
- inserting the cartridge into the interior cavity of the handle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.