Patent ID: 9340999
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: E05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A manually driven electronic deadbolt assembly for use on a door separating an exterior space from a secured space, comprising: a deadbolt mechanism having a spindle drive opening; a torque blade configured to be drivably received in the spindle drive opening of the deadbolt mechanism, the torque blade having a first end and a second end; an interior actuator assembly configured to operate the deadbolt mechanism from the secured space, the interior actuator being mechanically connected to the first end of the torque blade; and an exterior actuator assembly configured to operate the deadbolt mechanism from the exterior space, the exterior actuator assembly having a locked condition and an unlocked condition, the exterior actuator assembly having: the electro-mechanical coupling mechanism being configured to drivably couple the manually operable bezel to the torque blade when the valid input code is input to the code input mechanism to facilitate the unlocked condition in which a rotation of the manually operable bezel effects a rotation of the torque blade to operate the deadbolt mechanism; wherein the electro-mechanical coupling mechanism comprises a torque blade driver rotatable around the rotational axis, the torque blade driver having a driver body having a driver end configured to drivably engage the second end of the torque blade, the torque blade driver having a proximal cavity with the driver body having a first recess that extends radially outwardly from the proximal cavity into the driver body; a gear sleeve rotatable around the rotational axis and rotatably coupled to the manually operable bezel, the gear sleeve having a sleeve body with a distal sleeve portion configured to be rotatably received in the proximal cavity of the torque blade driver, the sleeve body having a proximal sleeve portion with a circumferential gear having external gear teeth extending outwardly from the sleeve body, the sleeve body having an internal cavity, the sleeve body having a second recess in the distal sleeve portion that extends radially inwardly from an exterior surface of the distal sleeve portion; a coupling member configured to be radially positioned in at least one of the first recess of the torque blade driver and the second recess of the gear sleeve; and an actuator mechanism configured to selectively position the coupling member relative to the first recess of the torque blade driver and the second recess of the gear sleeve to select one of the locked condition and the unlocked condition.