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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Kwikset Corporation, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Alan Uyeda, Irvine, CA (US);
Michael Maridakis, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Jerome F. Czerwinski, Jr., Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Elliott B. Schneider, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Troy M. Brown, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
David K J Kim, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Kwikset Corporation, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless electromechanical lock with one or more of an internal antenna, touch activation, and/or a light communication device that acts as a user interface. In some embodiments, the lock utilizes an antenna near the exterior face of the lockset, designed inside the metal body of the lockset itself. A light communication device is provided in some embodiments to communicate information, visually, to the user via animations and dynamic displays of light. In some embodiments, the lockset includes a touch activation capability, which can be used to lock/unlock the lock and/or otherwise provide input.