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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1988
Walter G Henderson, Salem, OR (US);
George A Ellson, Salem, OR (US);
Edgar J Unrein, Newberg, OR (US);
Supra Products, Inc., Salem, OR (US);
Abstract
A battery powered electronic lock system includes a battery monitoring feature that detects three states of the lock system battery. These states correspond to three progressively weaker states of the battery. When the battery is in the first state, the lock system operates in normal fashion. When the battery is in the second state, an indicator informs the user, but operation of the lock system otherwise continues in substantially normal fashion. When the battery is in the third state, normal lock operation is curtailed and the remaining battery energy is reserved for the purpose of opening the lock for specially authorized keys.