Multi-control entry door hardware

摘要

An electronic coded entry lock that includes a multifunction switch having an actuator and a circuit member. The actuator is configured to be displaced to a plurality of input positions. For example, the actuator may be displaced to at least four, and in some instances at least eight, input positions. Further, the actuator may have at least two axes of movement. Moreover, the actuator may be configured for two or three dimensional movement. When the actuator is displaced to an input position, the circuit member may provide a signal associated with that input position. The controller may determine whether the signals provided by the circuit member correspond to a security code for the electronic coded entry lock. If the signal(s) does/do correspond to the security code, the controller may generate a command to actuate a lock actuator that displaces at least a component of a lock mechanism.

主权项

1. An electronic coded entry lock comprising:
a multifunction switch having an actuator and a circuit member, the actuator configured to be displaced along at least three axes to a plurality of input positions, the plurality of input positions including at least a lateral input position and at least two code input positions, the circuit member configured to, when the actuator is displaced to a code input position of the at least two code input positions, provide a first signal associated with the code input position; and a controller configured to generate a command to actuate the electronic coded entry lock when a plurality of the first signals provided by the circuit member correspond to a security code, the actuator being laterally displaced from a rest position to the lateral input position along a central axis of the actuator, the actuator structured to close a circuit of the circuit member when the actuator is at the lateral input position, the closed circuit configured to generate a second signal for at least one of an electrical wake up of the circuit member and a door bell chime, the second signal being generated independent of the actuator being placed at any of the at least two code input positions.