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US 8,325,039 B2Granted
Locking device with embedded circuit board
AssigneeSargent Manufacturing Company
InventorsDaniel J. Picard, Robert C. Hunt, Scott B. Lowder
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Abstract
Electrified access-control technology devices for a door, particularly electrified locks for a door, having embedded circuitry therein, and methods of making the same. One or more printed circuit boards (PCBs) having various electronic circuitry are secured inside a housing that encases an access-control device, particularly a lock, for a door. The one or more PCB(s) may be embedded on an internal surface of the housing such that the embedded PCB resides inside the housing along with the lock itself. The embedded PCB(s) avoid interference of both any working components of the lock inside the housing and any openings residing in the housing.
Claims30
An electrified access-control device comprising:
- a housing including at least one side having an internal surface facing an inside of said housing;
- an access-control device residing in the inside of said housing;
- a channel residing on said internal surface of said at least one side inside said housing;
- and
- a printed circuit board (PCB) residing within said channel inside said housing, said PCB having various electrical components attached thereto for electrifying said access-control device, said variety of electrical components include one or more surface mount connectors attached to said PCB.
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An electrified access-control device for a door comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a second side, each of said first and second sides having corresponding internal surfaces facing an inside of said housing;
- an access-control device being a lock residing within the inside of said housing;
- at least one recessed channel residing in said internal surface of either said first or second side of said housing;
- at least one printed circuit board (PCB) embedded within said recessed channel in said internal surface of either said first or second side of said housing;
- one or more openings in an exposed surface of said at least one recessed channel to access a backside of said at least one PCB;
- and
- a variety of electrical components attached to said PCB to electrify said lock.
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An electrified access-control device for a door comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a second side, each of said first and second sides having corresponding internal surfaces facing an inside of said housing;
- an access-control device residing within the inside of said housing;
- at least one recessed channel residing in said internal surface of either said first or second side of said housing;
- at least one printed circuit board (PCB) embedded within said recessed channel in said internal surface of either said first or second side of said housing;
- and
- a variety of electrical components attached to said PCB to electrify said access-control device, wherein said variety of electrical components include one or more surface mount connectors attached to said PCB.
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An electrified access-control device for a door comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a second side, each of said first and second sides having corresponding internal surfaces facing an inside of said housing;
- an access-control device residing within the inside of said housing;
- at least one recessed channel residing in said internal surface of either said first or second side of said housing;
- at least one printed circuit board (PCB) embedded within said recessed channel in said internal surface of either said first or second side of said housing;
- and
- a variety of electrical components attached to said PCB to electrify said access-control device, wherein said variety of electrical components include one or more signal output device selected from the group consisting of a controller board and a wire harness connected to said PCB, said one or more signal output device converts various electrical outputs signals from said PCB into one or more digital output signals.
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An electrified access-control device for a door comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a second side, each of said first and second sides having corresponding internal surfaces facing an inside of said housing;
- an access-control device residing within the inside of said housing;
- a plurality of channels recessed within one or more of said first or second sides of said housing;
- a plurality of PCBs corresponding to configurations of said plurality of recessed channels, each of said plurality of PCBs being embedded within respective ones of said plurality of recessed channels;
- and
- a variety of electrical components attached to said plurality of embedded PCBs to electrify said access-control device,
- wherein said plurality of embedded PCBs reside on said first side alone, said second side alone, or both said first and second sides of said housing, whereby said plurality of embedded PCBs are in electrical communication with one another to electrify said access-control device.
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An electrified access-control device comprising:
- a housing including at least one side having an internal surface facing an inside of said housing;
- an access-control device residing in the inside of said housing;
- a channel residing on said internal surface of said at least one side inside said housing;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) residing within said channel inside said housing, said PCB having various electrical components attached thereto for electrifying said access-control device;
- and
- one or more openings in an exposed surface of said housing to access a backside of said PCB.
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An electrified access-control device for a door comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a second side, each of said first and second sides having corresponding internal surfaces facing an inside of said housing;
- an access-control device residing within the inside of said housing;
- at least one channel residing in said internal surface of either said first or second side of said housing;
- at least one printed circuit board (PCB) residing within said channel;
- and
- a variety of electrical components attached to said PCB to electrify said access-control device, said variety of electrical components include one or more signal output device selected from the group consisting of a controller board and a wire harness connected to said PCB, said one or more signal output device converts various electrical outputs signals from said PCB into one or more digital output signals.
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An electrified access-control device for a door comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a second side, each of said first and second sides having corresponding internal surfaces facing an inside of said housing;
- an access-control device residing within the inside of said housing;
- a plurality of channels within one or more of said first or second sides of said housing;
- a plurality of PCBs corresponding to configurations of said plurality of channels, each of said plurality of PCBs residing within respective ones of said plurality of channels;
- and
- a variety of electrical components attached to said plurality of PCBs to electrify said access-control device,
- wherein said plurality of PCBs reside on said first side alone, said second side alone, or both said first and second sides of said housing, said plurality of embedded PCBs are in electrical communication with one another to electrify said access-control device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.