Patents by Inventor Matt Halbersma

Matt Halbersma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11248396
    Abstract: An electronic keeper includes a housing defining a battery chamber and an actuator chamber. An actuator is at least partially disposed within the actuator chamber. The actuator includes a strike and a magnet, and is pivotable between a first position and a second position relative to the housing. The actuator is also biased towards the first position. The electronic keeper also includes a senor disposed within the battery chamber. When a locking element is in contact with the strike, the actuator pivots from the first position towards the second position so that the magnet moves relative to the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Amesbury Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy Lammers, Gary E. Tagtow, Matt Halbersma, Michael Lee Anderson
  • Patent number: 11066850
    Abstract: A lock actuator assembly includes an escutcheon defining a longitudinal axis. A rotatable drive disk is rotatably coupled to the escutcheon about a rotational axis. A slide arm is slidingly coupled to the escutcheon and operably coupled to the drive disk such that movement of the slide arm along the longitudinal axis rotates the drive disk about the rotational axis. Additionally, an electronic actuator is coupled to the escutcheon. The electronic actuator is configured to drive the slide arm along the longitudinal axis, and the drive disk is adapted to couple to a lock mechanism so as to shift the lock mechanism between a locked position and an unlocked position when the drive disk rotates about the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Amesbury Group, Inc
    Inventors: Tyler Welbig, Gary E. Tagtow, Matt Halbersma, Michael Lee Anderson
  • Patent number: 10557300
    Abstract: An access system for a structure includes a control box mounted within a controlled access space of the structure and operatively coupled to a door panel operator that opens and closes a door panel of the structure for access to the controlled access space. The control box is configured to detect a presence of a security device relative to the control box, determine a position of the security device relative to the structure, and determine an authorization of the security device. The access system also includes a user interface mounted in an uncontrolled access space of the structure and coupled in communication with the control box. Upon actuation of the user interface, the control box operates the door panel operator when the security device is positioned proximate the control box, located in the uncontrolled access space of the structure, and authorized to operate the door panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: AMESBURY GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Gary E. Tagtow, Matt Halbersma, Douglas John Criddle, Michael Lee Anderson, Tracy Lammers
  • Publication number: 20190032368
    Abstract: A lock actuator assembly includes an escutcheon defining a longitudinal axis. A rotatable drive disk is rotatably coupled to the escutcheon about a rotational axis. A slide arm is slidingly coupled to the escutcheon and operably coupled to the drive disk such that movement of the slide arm along the longitudinal axis rotates the drive disk about the rotational axis. Additionally, an electronic actuator is coupled to the escutcheon. The electronic actuator is configured to drive the slide arm along the longitudinal axis, and the drive disk is adapted to couple to a lock mechanism so as to shift the lock mechanism between a locked position and an unlocked position when the drive disk rotates about the rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Amesbury Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Welbig, Gary E. Tagtow, Matt Halbersma, Michael Lee Anderson
  • Publication number: 20190024437
    Abstract: An access system for a structure includes a control box mounted within a controlled access space of the structure and operatively coupled to a door panel operator that opens and closes a door panel of the structure for access to the controlled access space. The control box is configured to detect a presence of a security device relative to the control box, determine a position of the security device relative to the structure, and determine an authorization of the security device. The access system also includes a user interface mounted in an uncontrolled access space of the structure and coupled in communication with the control box. Upon actuation of the user interface, the control box operates the door panel operator when the security device is positioned proximate the control box, located in the uncontrolled access space of the structure, and authorized to operate the door panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Amesbury Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary E. Tagtow, Matt Halbersma, Douglas John Criddle, Michael Lee Anderson, Tracy Lammers
  • Publication number: 20190024412
    Abstract: An electronic keeper includes a housing defining a battery chamber and an actuator chamber. An actuator is at least partially disposed within the actuator chamber. The actuator includes a strike and a magnet, and is pivotable between a first position and a second position relative to the housing. The actuator is also biased towards the first position. The electronic keeper also includes a senor disposed within the battery chamber. When a locking element is in contact with the strike, the actuator pivots from the first position towards the second position so that the magnet moves relative to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Amesbury Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy Lammers, Gary E. Tagtow, Matt Halbersma, Michael Lee Anderson