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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2015
Edward P. Ellers, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Tsahi Z. Strulovitch, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Melissa A. Loureiro, Pawtucket, RI (US);
Wesley D. Ardley, Oakland Park, FL (US);
Edward P. Ellers, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Tsahi Z. Strulovitch, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Melissa A. Loureiro, Pawtucket, RI (US);
Wesley D. Ardley, Oakland Park, FL (US);
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
Systems () and methods () for operating a security tag. The methods involve: converting rotational motion of a pinion gear in a first direction into linear motion of a rack gear in a second direction so as to cause a pin to transition from an unengaged state in which the pin is retracted into a first portion of an enclosure to an engaged state in which an end of the pin resides within an aperture formed in a second portion spaced apart from the first portion of the enclosure; mechanically retaining the pin in the engaged position using a pawl that prevents movement of the pinion gear in a third direction opposed to the first direction; and automatically releasing the pawl in response to a reception of a wireless signal at the security tag, whereby the pin is returns to the unengaged state.