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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1995
L C Chamberlain, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Richard M Davidian, Avon, CT (US);
Schlage Lock Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for providing an electrical transmission path in a door lock to an electrical lock operating system from an electrical contact pin protruding axially from a pin tower of an insulated key cylinder having an electronic touch button for a front face, the door lock having an outside spindle operably engaged with a door handle containing the insulated key cylinder, includes an insulated contact ring surrounding the spindle and having an electrically conductive pad on a portion of its outwardly facing surface, which contacts the electrical contact pin when the door handle is in its parked position, and a cable connected to the conductive pad and extending through the non-moving part of the door lock to the controlling electronics of the lock.