Patent ID: 9487971
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: E05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electro-mechanical lock assembly comprising: a keypad; a motor; a gear; a spline-driver; a torque member; a torque-driver housing; a bezel; wherein the motor is operable upon selective input to the keypad; wherein the gear is axially aligned with the torque-driver housing; wherein the motor is coupled to the spline-driver to cause the spline-driver to engage both the gear and the torque-driver housing when the motor is in operation; wherein the bezel is attached to the gear such that when the spline-driver is engaged with both the gear and the torque-driver housing, manual rotation of the bezel will rotate the torque-driver housing; and wherein the torque-driver housing is attached to the torque member which is configured to move a latch such that when the bezel rotates the latch is moved.