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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Schlage Lock Company Llc, Carmel, IN (US);
Sundar R. Dore Vasudevan, Bangalore, IN;
Dilip Bangaru, Bangalore, IN;
Adam M. Litwinski, Centennial, CO (US);
William B. Ainley, Carmel, IN (US);
Russell L. Steiner, Noblesville, IN (US);
Michelle Vickrey, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method is disclosed for electronic locks with a selectable power off function. The electronic lock includes an electronic controller disposed within a lock housing and operable to control a state of the lock between locked and unlocked positions. An electronic actuator electrically coupled to the controller is movable between first and second positions corresponding to a locked position and an unlocked position of the lock, respectively. The electronic lock further includes at least one electrical energy storage device and a selector switch coupled to the controller to define a desired state of the lock between one of an electrically locked (EL) and an electrically unlocked (EU) state in an electric power off condition.