Patents by Inventor Vishal Salitkumar Kusanale

Vishal Salitkumar Kusanale 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).

  • Publication number: 20230228124
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes operating an access control device including a bolt, an output gear having a magnet mounted thereon, a first magnetic sensor, and a second magnetic sensor. The method generally includes selectively determining a position of the output gear via one of the first magnetic sensor or the second magnetic sensor based upon a current handedness of the access control device. With the access control device in a first handing configuration, the first magnetic sensor may be used to a first handedness first home position of the output gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Rakshith R. Nayak, Vishal Salitkumar Kusanale, Mahesha Appaji, Brady Plummer
  • Patent number: 11443572
    Abstract: A lockset including a bolt mechanism, an exterior assembly, an interior assembly, a driving tailpiece, and a driven tailpiece. The bolt assembly includes a bolt having an extended position and a retracted position. The exterior assembly includes a rotatable exterior manual actuator. The interior assembly includes a clutch having a coupling state and a decoupling state. The driving tailpiece is connected between the exterior manual actuator and the clutch. The driven tailpiece is connected between the clutch and the bolt mechanism such that rotation of the driven tailpiece actuates the bolt assembly. In the coupling state, the clutch couples the driving tailpiece with the driven tailpiece such that the exterior manual actuator is operable to actuate the bolt assembly. In the decoupling state, the clutch decouples the driving tailpiece from the driven tailpiece such that the exterior manual actuator is inoperable to actuate the bolt assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Vishal Salitkumar Kusanale, Mahesha Appaji, Rakshith R. Nayak, Vijayakumar Mani, Aaron P. McKibben
  • Publication number: 20210174620
    Abstract: A lockset including a bolt mechanism, an exterior assembly, an interior assembly, a driving tailpiece, and a driven tailpiece. The bolt assembly includes a bolt having an extended position and a retracted position. The exterior assembly includes a rotatable exterior manual actuator. The interior assembly includes a clutch having a coupling state and a decoupling state. The driving tailpiece is connected between the exterior manual actuator and the clutch. The driven tailpiece is connected between the clutch and the bolt mechanism such that rotation of the driven tailpiece actuates the bolt assembly. In the coupling state, the clutch couples the driving tailpiece with the driven tailpiece such that the exterior manual actuator is operable to actuate the bolt assembly. In the decoupling state, the clutch decouples the driving tailpiece from the driven tailpiece such that the exterior manual actuator is inoperable to actuate the bolt assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Vishal Salitkumar Kusanale, Mahesha Appaji, Rakshith R. Nayak, Vijayakumar Mani, Aaron P. McKibben