Patents by Inventor Craig Bonnett

Craig Bonnett 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).

  • Access control apparatus with modular encoder subassembly
    Patent number: 9721402
    Abstract: Apparatuses are provided for performing physical access control using various types of encoding technologies by removably incorporating modular encoder subassemblies. An access control apparatus includes access control electronics and at least one docking bay or slot for removably housing at least one modular encoder unit. The encoder unit can be removably house in the docking bay or slot of the access control apparatus and be removably linked, communicatively and/or physically, to the access control electronics when housed in the access control apparatus, and can interface with and write or read information to or from a credential. When removably housed in the docking bay or slot, the encoder unit can receive identity data from the access control electronics and bind the identity data to the credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: UTC FIRE & SECURITY CORPORATION, ONITY, INC.
    Inventors: Levent Gosterisli, Craig Bonnett, Alberto Vecchiotti, Dennis Bailey
  • ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS WITH MODULAR ENCODER SUBASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150193998
    Abstract: Apparatuses are provided for performing physical access control using various types of encoding technologies by removably incorporating modular encoder subassemblies. An access control apparatus includes access control electronics and at least one docking bay or slot for removably housing at least one modular encoder unit. The encoder unit can be removably house in the docking bay or slot of the access control apparatus and be removably linked, communicatively and/or physically, to the access control electronics when housed in the access control apparatus, and can interface with and write or read information to or from a credential. When removably housed in the docking bay or slot, the encoder unit can receive identity data from the access control electronics and bind the identity data to the credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Levent Gosterisli, Craig Bonnett, Alberto Vecchiotti, Dennis Bailey