E05B9/10

Door assembly for selectively interlocking opposing doors

A door assembly for selectively interlocking opposing doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same direction includes a door handle assembly mounted to one door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a first plurality of magnets, and another door handle assembly mounted to the other door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a second plurality of magnets. The door handle assemblies are arranged relative to each other with the first and second pluralities of magnets aligned such each aligned pair of the first and second pluralities of magnets have opposite magnetic polarities, and the aligned first and second pluralities of magnets magnetically couple to each other as the door handle assemblies are brought into contact with each other.

Electronically operated lock cylinder
12352075 · 2025-07-08 · ·

An electronic lock cylinder that may be a direct replacement for a European-style standard cylinder is disclosed. The lock cylinder may include a core, a first shaft rotatably mounted in the core, and a second shaft rotatably mounted in the core and coaxial with the first shaft. A first cam and a second cam may be each rotatably mounted in the core and coaxial with the first shaft. The first cam may include a first lug and the second cam may include a second lug, where the first lug and the second lug may each be coupled to a deadbolt. A clutch may be disposed on the first shaft and shiftable from a first position to a second position, and a motor may be disposed in the core and operatively coupled to the clutch and configured to shift the clutch from the first position to the second position. When the clutch is in the first position, the first shaft is operatively coupled to the first cam, and the second shaft is decoupled from both the first cam and the second cam, when the clutch is in the second position, both the first shaft and the second shaft are operatively coupled to the second cam.

Electronically Operated Lock Cylincer
20250333980 · 2025-10-30 · ·

An electronic lock cylinder that may be a direct replacement for a European-style standard cylinder is disclosed. The lock cylinder may include a core having a proximal side and a distal side and a proximal cam, the proximal cam configured to operatively couple to a deadbolt. The lock cylinder may further include an access housing operatively coupled to the core on the proximal side and including an access knob and an input for wirelessly receiving an electronic credential and a control housing operatively coupled to the core on the distal side and including a control knob and at least one battery receptacle. An actuator may, wherein, upon receipt of a predetermined credential by the input, the actuator configured to operatively couple the access knob to the proximal cam. Finally, an antenna may configured to operatively couple the assembly to the internet.