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US 8,495,899 B2Granted
Electromechanical lock
AssigneeKlaus W. Gartner
InventorKlaus W. Gartner
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Abstract
An electromechanical lock comprises a housing, a rectilinear locking lever slidable within the housing, a blocking element positioned adjacent the locking lever that is movable between a first position that engages with the locking lever and a second position that disengages with the locking lever, and an actuating device operable to control movement of the blocking element between the first and second positions.
Claims16
An electromechanical lock comprising:
- a housing;
- a locking lever slidably received by the housing;
- a blocking element positioned adjacent the locking lever, the blocking element rotatably movable between a first blocking element position that engages the locking lever and a second blocking element position that disengages the locking lever, the blocking element including a first non-threaded internal chamber, a second non-threaded internal chamber and a threaded internal annular ring positioned therebetween, said threaded internal annular ring having an axial length;
- a rotatable shaft received through said blocking element, said rotatable shaft having a first non-threaded portion and a second non-threaded portion with an annular threaded portion positioned therebetween, said annular threaded portion having an axial length substantially equal to the axial length of the threaded internal annular ring;
- a first spring co-axially surrounding said first non-threaded portion of the shaft and a second spring coaxially surrounding said second non-threaded portion of the shaft, said first and second springs structured to bias the blocking element toward the annular threaded portion of the shaft in the respective first and second blocking element positions;
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- an actuating device operable to control movement of the blocking element between the first and second positions.
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An electromechanical lock comprising:
- a housing;
- a locking lever slidable within the housing;
- a blocking element positioned adjacent the locking lever, the blocking element movable between a first blocking element position that blocks linear movement of the locking lever and a second blocking element position that allows linear movement of the locking lever, the blocking element including a first non-threaded internal chamber, a second non-threaded internal chamber and a threaded internal annular ring positioned therebetween, said threaded internal annular ring having an axial length;
- a rotatable shaft received through said blocking element, said rotatable shaft having a first non-threaded portion and a second non-threaded portion with an annular threaded portion positioned therebetween, said annular threaded portion having an axial length substantially equal to the axial length of the threaded internal annular ring;
- an actuating device operable to control movement of the blocking element between the first and second positions, the actuating device operably coupled to said rotatable shaft, said rotatable shaft structured to engages the blocking element to drive linear movement between the first and second positions;
- a first spring co-axially surrounding said first non-threaded portion of the shaft and a second spring coaxially surrounding said second non-threaded portion of the shaft said first and second springs structured to bias the blocking element toward the annular threaded portion of the shaft in the respective first and second blocking element positions;
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- a rotatable cam disposed within the housing that operably engages the locking lever to control movement of the locking lever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.