Schlage Lock Company LLC

Evan Ballard

Jack R Lehner, Jr

Vijayakumar Mani

Paul Raymond Arlinghaus

Suresha Chandrasekhara

Mohammed Maksood Ali

Dan Pfunder

Yong Kwan Lacy

Matthew A Phillips

Eric Hoiland

An exit device according to one embodiment includes a plurality of sensors and an electronic dogging mechanism. The exit device is configured to locally analyze sensor data to determine the security state of the exit device, report data to a management system via a wireless communication channel established between the exit device and the management system, and receive and process instructions to perform an electronic dogging operation.

Exit device systems and methods

An exemplary electronic actuator assembly is configured for use with a pushbar assembly having a drive assembly operable to retract a latchbolt, and includes an input shaft, a motor, and a boost spring. The motor has a retracting state in which the motor drives the input shaft from a proximal position to a distal position, a holding state in which the motor exerts a holding force to retain the input shaft in the distal position, and a releasing state in which the motor exerts a residual force that resists movement of the input shaft. The boost spring exerts a boost force urging the input shaft in the proximal direction to at least partially counteract the residual force.

Motorized latch retraction with return boost

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Noblesville, IN, United States of America

Evan Ballard