Patent ID: 9512645
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: E05B,G01B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A locking device comprising a lock mechanism having a rotating lock component to be monitored, the rotating lock component extending from a handle exterior to the locking device to an interior of the locking device; a circuit board partly embedded in the interior of the locking device and mounted to the lock mechanism, the circuit board having a perimeter shaped to fit the circuit board to the lock mechanism, a component mounting surface area of the circuit board being located near and exposed to a surface area of the rotating lock component, the circuit board having a projection with a sensor thereon; an opening provided in the surface area of the rotating lock component; a magnet inserted into an opening in the surface area of the rotating lock component that is exposed to the component mounting surface area of the circuit board; a bearing having a bearing slot therein that receives the projection of the circuit board and receives the sensor mounted to the component mounting surface area of the circuit board and positioned adjacent to the surface area of the rotating lock component having the magnet therein to detect movement of said magnet, whereby as the rotating lock component is manually rotated the magnet moves closer and is exposed to the sensor through the bearing slot to detect manual operation of the lock mechanism.