Patents Assigned to Schlage Lock Company
  • Patent number: 12293619
    Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes determining, by a server, a location of a door in an architectural drawing and a room function of a room secured by the door based on an analysis of the architectural drawing, determining, by the server, proper access control hardware to be installed on the door based on the room function, a category of access control hardware, and a predictive machine learning model associated with the category of access control hardware, and generating, by the server, a specification based on the determined proper access control hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert S. Prostko, Robert C. Martens, Nick Heitzman, Kristin Day, Martin Madsen, Jason Kornaker, Daniel Langenberg, Brian C. Eickhoff, Scott Baxter, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Benjamin Hopkins, Steve J. Kottlowski, Jacob Scheib
  • Patent number: 12281492
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Drake Lunday, Adam M. Litwinski, David J. Hurlbert, Zachary Wiggins, Marshall Owens
  • Patent number: 12281494
    Abstract: An exemplary access control device is configured for mounting to a door and includes a bolt, an actuator, and an indicator. The bolt has an extended position and a retracted position, and includes a front face that is visible when the bolt is extended and the door is in a closed position. The actuator is operable to move the bolt from the extended position to the retracted position. The indicator is positioned on the front face of the bolt such that at least a portion of the indicator is visible when the bolt is extended and the door is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: James W. Overbey
  • Patent number: 12281493
    Abstract: There is disclosed an exit trim that permits simplified changing of the handing of a lever handle between a left hand and a right hand orientation. The handing orientation of the lever handle can be repositioned without disassembling the exit trim or removing components positioned within the exit trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Jack R. Lehner, Jr., Joseph Janik
  • Patent number: 12276152
    Abstract: An example door closer includes a casing and a pinion rotatably mounted to the casing. The pinion is operable to rotate through a plurality of movement zones, and the door closer is configured to exert forces on the pinion as the pinion moves through the plurality of movement zones. The door closer further includes a plurality of adjustment mechanisms, each operable to adjust the force exerted on the pinion as the pinion travels through a corresponding movement zone. The casing is provided with indicia that correlate each of the adjustment mechanisms to the corresponding movement zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Mitchell T. Barbon, Jonah M. Pattar
  • Patent number: 12279203
    Abstract: A method including transmitting, by a handler device associated with package handler, a message to an access control system requesting access to a secure container secured by an electronic lock mechanism; determining, by the access control system, whether the package handler is authorized to access the secure container based on the received message; transmitting, by the access control system, an unlock command to the secure container in response to a determination that the package handler is authorized to access the secure container; and unlocking the electronic lock mechanism of the secure container in response to successful authentication of the unlock command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Ryan C. Kincaid, Srikanth Venkateswaran, Robert Prostko
  • Patent number: 12270231
    Abstract: An exemplary electronic actuator assembly is configured for use with a pushbar assembly having a drive assembly operable to retract a latchbolt, and includes an input shaft, a motor, and a boost spring. The motor has a retracting state in which the motor drives the input shaft from a proximal position to a distal position, a holding state in which the motor exerts a holding force to retain the input shaft in the distal position, and a releasing state in which the motor exerts a residual force that resists movement of the input shaft. The boost spring exerts a boost force urging the input shaft in the proximal direction to at least partially counteract the residual force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Paul R. Arlinghaus, Evan Ballard, Suresha Chandrasekhara, Eric Hoiland
  • Patent number: 12264500
    Abstract: An example trim generally includes an escutcheon, an indicator plate, a cam, and a backplate. The indicator plate is movably mounted in the escutcheon, and has a first position in which a first indicium is aligned with an escutcheon window of the escutcheon, and a second position in which a second indicium is aligned with the escutcheon window. The cam is rotatably mounted in the escutcheon for rotation between a first handing orientation and a second handing orientation. The cam is operable to move the indicator plate between the first position and the second position when the cam is in each of the handing orientations. The backplate is coupled to the escutcheon and at least partially encloses the indicator plate within the escutcheon. The cam is operable to rotate between the first handing orientation and the second handing orientation while the backplate remains coupled to the escutcheon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Gururaj Amaresh Hiremath, Akhil Ramesh Hamsagar, Steven Verderaime, Eric Drummond, Jaime Sandoval, Jr., Stephen Couch
  • Patent number: 12264503
    Abstract: A door lock chassis has a gauge insert that defines different dimensions corresponding to different door thicknesses. The gauge insert is positionable in the lock chassis in different orientations corresponding to the different dimensions used to align the lock chassis for different door thicknesses. Additionally, a door lock may include an anti-rotation assembly for preventing rotation of the lock chassis. The anti-rotation assembly may include a retention member that is secured to an inside hub of a lock chassis. As an anti-rotation member is displaced in a first axial direction along the inside hub to a mount position, the anti-rotational member may deflect resilient members of the retention member. With the anti-rotation member at the mounted position, the anti-rotation member may be in a frictional engagement with the previously deflected resilient members so that anti-rotation member is retained at the mount position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Brian E. Walls, Rich D. Shelinbarger, Scott D. Welsby, Peter Malenkovic
  • Patent number: 12264505
    Abstract: A method for operating a lockset generally includes transmitting an unlock command to an electronic actuator in response to receiving an unlock signal. In response to receiving the unlock command, the electronic actuator performs a first operation, including moving a holdback from a release position to a hold position. In response to actuation of a manual actuator, a latchbolt is moved from an extended position to a retracted position. The holdback in the hold position retains the latchbolt in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Drake Lunday
  • Patent number: 12267412
    Abstract: An access control device according to an embodiment includes a lock mechanism, a digital core PCBA including at least one first processor and at least one first memory and is configured to facilitate wireless communications, wherein the at least one first memory is provisioned with a master initialization salt key, and an access core PCBA electrically coupled to the digital core PCBA, that includes at least one second processor and at least one second memory, and is configured to facilitate access control, and wherein the at least one second memory is provisioned with an access core initialization key derived from the master initialization salt key, wherein the digital core PCBA establishes a secure communication channel with the access core PCBA via an electrical connection between the digital core PCBA and the access core PCBA based on the master initialization salt key and the access core initialization key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Brian Gilchrist, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Gregory Ross, Terry Small, Aaron Schlicht
  • Patent number: 12264496
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a lock assembly that can be converted between a clutching and non-clutching orientation by rotating an outer housing 180 degrees relative to an outside drive assembly. The outer housing includes a notch and an elongate arcuate slot formed in the inner surface of the outer housing adjacent a through aperture and across from one another. A lock control lug is moveably coupled with the outside drive assembly and is selectively engageable with the notch or the arcuate slot of the outer housing. An outer lever is placed in a non-clutching configuration when the lock control lug is engaged with the notch and in a clutching configuration when the lock control lug is engaged with the arcuate slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Kenton H. Barker, David J. Hurlbert
  • Patent number: 12258782
    Abstract: An exemplary lockset includes a mortise case, a magnet assembly mounted in the mortise case, and a manual actuator operable to move the magnet assembly between a coupling position in which a first magnet of the magnet assembly is aligned with a reference point and a decoupling position in which the first magnet is misaligned with the reference point. In certain embodiments, the magnet assembly further includes a second magnet having an opposite polarity as the first magnet, and the second magnet is misaligned with the reference point when the magnet assembly is in the coupling position and is aligned with the reference point when the magnet assembly is in the decoupling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Swartz, Ryan Martin, Jeffrey Morovich
  • Patent number: 12254729
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes operating an access control device in a standalone mode, which involves controlling a locked/unlocked state of the access control device locally, and operating a wireless transceiver of the access control device in a lower-power state in which the wireless transceiver is operable to receive a lockdown signal from an external device. The method further includes operating the access control device in a networked lockdown mode in response to receiving the lockdown signal from the external device. Operating the access control device in the networked lockdown mode involves placing the access control device in a locked state, establishing a wireless communication connection with the external device via the wireless transceiver while operating the wireless transceiver in a higher-power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Setter, Joseph W. Baumgarte
  • Patent number: 12252902
    Abstract: An example ring lock generally includes a housing, a shackle, a lock mechanism, and an indicator. The shackle is mounted to the housing for movement between a first position and a second position. The lock mechanism is configured to selectively retain the shackle in at least one of the first position or the second position. The indicator is operable to selectively display an indicium related to an open/closed state of the ring lock. The indicator is configured to display the indicium when the shackle is in the first position, and is configured to not display the indicium when the shackle is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Marco Stunnebrink, Arthur Van Beek
  • Patent number: 12247415
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes a mechanical key and an access control device. The access control device includes a housing defining a keyway that has a fixed position within the housing. The access control device further includes a root depth sensor assembly, an insertion depth sensor assembly, a control assembly in communication with the sensor assemblies, and an electronic lock device. The control assembly is configured to determine the bitting code of the mechanical key based upon information received from the sensor assemblies, to compare the bitting code of the mechanical key to a lock/unlock bitting code; and to transmit a lock/unlock command in response to the bitting code matching the lock/unlock bitting code. The electronic lock device is configured to transition between a locked state and an unlocked state in response to receiving the lock/unlock command and without requiring rotation of the mechanical key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Dan Pfunder, Brian C. Eickhoff
  • Patent number: 12247414
    Abstract: An handleset including a housing, a spring cage assembly, a spindle, and a lever handle. The spring cage assembly includes a spring cage rotatably mounted in the housing, and a bias mechanism biasing the spring cage toward a home position. The spindle extends along a longitudinal axis, and is longitudinally movable between an engaged position in which the spindle is rotationally coupled with the spring cage and a disengaged position in which the spindle is rotationally decoupled from the spring cage. The lever handle is rotationally coupled with the spindle, and the spindle is slidable relative to the lever handle between the engaged position and the disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Nagesh Varadaraju, Vijayakumar Mani
  • Patent number: 12241295
    Abstract: An exemplary sliding door system, generally includes a frame assembly and a door assembly. The frame assembly is configured for mounting to a wall, and includes a top rail and a guide mechanism. The door assembly is mounted to the frame assembly for sliding movement between a closed linear position and an open linear position, and includes a movable rail and a wing. The movable rail is movably supported by the top rail, and the wing is pivotably mounted to the movable rail. A bottom edge of the wing includes a channel, and the guide mechanism projects into the channel and guides movement of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: K James Harrell
  • Patent number: D1070565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Parth Kashikar, Mitchell T. Barbon
  • Patent number: D1071692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Salisbury, Colins V. Jacob, Zachary P. Boomer, Jonah M. Pattar, Mitchell T. Barbon, Ian K. Heckman