Abstract: An exemplary an access control device generally includes a keypad assembly, an antenna, and a controller. The keypad assembly includes a capacitive touch keypad matrix, and the antenna is substantially coplanar with the capacitive touch keypad matrix. The controller is connected with each of the keypad assembly and the antenna such that the controller is operable to receive access codes via each of the keypad assembly and the antenna.

Abstract: A keycam assembly including a rotatable member, a stem, a locking member coupled to the stem for joint longitudinal movement therewith, and a cam driver. The rotatable member includes an aperture. A proximal end portion of the stem is rotatably seated in the rotatable member and defines a cam track. The locking member extends between the aperture and the cam track. The cam track includes a first passage including a locking pocket, a second passage including an unlocking pocket, a first ramped passage including a locking ramp extending from the second passage to the locking pocket, and a second ramped passage including an unlocking ramp extending from the first passage to the unlocking pocket. Relative rotation of the rotatable member and the stem causes the cam driver to travel along the track to thereby cause movement of the locking member between a locking position and an unlocking position.

Abstract: An electronic lock device according to one embodiment includes a first magnetometer, a second magnetometer, a dynamic ferromagnetic component positioned between the first magnetometer and the second magnetometer, a processor, and a memory comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, causes the electronic lock device to read sensor data from the first magnetometer and the second magnetometer, modify the sensor data to generate compensated sensor data that compensates for magnetic noise generated by the dynamic ferromagnetic component, and determine whether the door is in a closed state or an open state based on the compensated sensor data.

Abstract: An exemplary auxiliary trim locking module is configured for use with a handle including a shank. The handle is mounted for rotation relative to a rose having an aperture defined therein. The auxiliary trim locking module includes a collar defining an opening sized and shaped to receive the shank, a blocking member movably mounted to the collar for movement between a proximal position and a distal position, and a biasing mechanism urging the locking member toward the distal position. The blocking member includes a projection sized and shaped to be received in the aperture, and an arm operable to be manually engaged by a user to shift the blocking member between a proximal position and a distal position.

Abstract: An exemplary pushbutton mechanism is configured for use with a lockset including a spindle and a plunger extending into the spindle, and generally includes a first component, a second component, and a cam interface. The first component is configured for rotational coupling with the plunger and for axial coupling with the spindle, and is rotatable between a locking orientation and an unlocking orientation. The second component is configured for rotational coupling with the spindle and for axial movement relative to the first component and the spindle, and is axially movable between a depressed position and a projected position. The cam interface is configured to correlate rotation of the first component with axial displacement of the second component.

Abstract: An exemplary rotation converter includes an input component, an output component, and an intermediate component engaged between the input component and the output component. The input component is rotatable from an input component home position in each of a first direction and an opposite second direction. The intermediate component is configured to move to an actuated position in response to rotation of the input component in either direction, and to rotate the output component in an actuating direction as the intermediate component moves to the actuated position.

Abstract: An exemplary method relates to operating a door closer assembly including a closer body, a pinion rotatably mounted to the closer body, a motor including a motor shaft, and a bidirectional clutch connected between the pinion and the motor shaft. The method generally involves permitting, by the clutch, rotation of the pinion in each of a first direction and a second direction without transmitting rotation of the pinion in either direction to the motor shaft; sensing, with a sensor, a rotational position of the pinion; comparing, by a controller, the rotational position of the pinion with a desired rotational position; based upon the comparing, driving the motor to rotate the motor shaft; and by the clutch, coupling the motor shaft with the pinion in response to rotation of the motor shaft, thereby transmitting torque from the motor shaft to the pinion and urging the pinion toward the desired rotational position.

Abstract: An exemplary bolt assembly includes a housing, a bolt, and a magnetic sensor. The housing includes a tubular sleeve configured for mounting in a latch bore of a door. The bolt is movably mounted to the housing for movement between an extended position and a retracted position. The magnetic sensor includes wires that extend through the tubular sleeve, and is operable to transmit information relating to an open/closed position of the door.

Abstract: A residential key may be programmed by a computer with access rights information. A lock device may receive the access rights information from the residential key. The lock device may store and utilize the access rights information if the lock determines that the residential key is authorized to update the lock device.

Abstract: A handleset includes a housing, a spindle sleeve, a handle, a coupler, and a spindle. The spindle sleeve includes an aperture, and is rotatably mounted to the housing. The handle is mounted to the spindle sleeve and includes a recess aligned with the aperture. The coupler is movably mounted in the aperture for movement between a decoupling position and a coupling position. The coupler in the coupling position is disengaged from the recess and does not prevent removal of the handle from the spindle sleeve. The coupler in the coupling position extends into the recess and prevents removal of the handle from the spindle sleeve. The spindle is movably received in the spindle sleeve and selectively retains the coupler in the coupling position.

Abstract: A hoop lock including a shackle and a crossbar, with the shackle having a pair of legs extending from a body portion, and each of the legs having a foot including a tip with a non-circular cross-section. The cross-bar includes a housing having a pair of foot-receiving openings and a pair of tip-receiving openings substantially aligned with foot-receiving openings. The tip-receiving openings are configured to matingly engage the tips such that the tips are rotationally coupled to the housing.

Abstract: A latch assembly that is adjustable between first and second backset settings. A cam is rotatable about a cam axis, and facilitates linear displacement of a latch link in a first direction. A multiplier link is rotatable about a multiplier link axis that is offset from the cam axis can be rotated in the first rotational direction by engagement with the latch link. A latch bar is coupled to the multiplier link and is linearly displaced in a second direction by rotation of the multiplier link in the first direction. The latch apparatus also includes a latch bolt that is coupled to the latch bar, the latch bolt being displaced toward a retracted position by the displacement of the latch bar in the second direction. The latch assembly can also include a dead latch link can block retraction of at least the latch bolt.

Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving, by a gateway device and from an access control device, credential data received by the access control device from a mobile device in response to presentation of the mobile device to the access control device, comparing the credential data to a gateway credential list stored in a memory of the gateway device, the gateway credential list identifying a plurality of credentials associated with the gateway device, and each credential of the plurality of credentials associated with a unique credential index, transmitting, to a server, the unique credential index associated with the credential data in response to determining that the credential data matches a corresponding credential in the gateway credential list, and receiving, from the server, an access control decision associated with the credential data in response to transmitting the unique credential index.

Abstract: An access control device generally includes an electromechanical actuator operable to transition the access control device between a locked state and an unlocked state, an energy storage device operable to store electrical power from a power supply, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to direct a first electrical power from the energy storage device to the electromechanical actuator in response to one or more first criteria. In a fail secure mode, the first electrical power is configured to cause the electromechanical actuator to transition the access control device to the locked state. In a fail safe mode, the first electrical power is configured to cause the electromechanical actuator to transition the access control device to the unlocked state. Certain embodiments further include a user-adjustable switch operable to transition the control circuitry between the fail secure mode and the fail safe mode.

Abstract: An exemplary torque-limiting spindle includes an input member, an output member, a clutch mechanism, and a bias mechanism. The input member extends along a longitudinal axis, is configured for connection with a handle, and includes a first engagement feature. The output member extends along the longitudinal axis, is configured for connection with a rotatable member of a lockset, and includes a second engagement feature. The clutch mechanism includes the first engagement feature and the second engagement feature. The bias mechanism is engaged with the input member and the output member and exerts a biasing force urging the first engagement feature and the second engagement feature into engagement with one another.

Abstract: An exemplary strike box is configured for use with a lockset including a bolt operable to move in an extending direction and a retracting direction. The strike box includes a housing having an opening sized and configured to receive the bolt, and further includes a bolt-slowing mechanism mounted in the housing. The bolt-slowing mechanism is configured to engage the bolt as the bolt moves in the extending direction, and to exert a force urging the bolt in the retracting direction. The force exerted by the bolt-slowing mechanism slows the extension speed of the bolt, such that the strike box reduces noise generated during such extension.

Abstract: An access control system includes an electrically powered access control device for locking and unlocking a barrier, and an access controller coupled to the access control device. A Power over Ethernet (PoE) circuit receives power over an Ethernet cable and powers the access control device and the access controller. An active power supply buffer connects the access control device and the access controller with the PoE circuit.

Abstract: A method of reducing a power consumption of wireless communication circuitry of an edge device according to one embodiment includes determining a delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) interval of a wireless access point communicatively coupled to the edge device via the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device and adjusting a wake-up interval of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device based on the DTIM interval to reduce the power consumption of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device.