Patent ID: 9458647
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A lock comprising: a housing defining a cavity, said housing including an opening for receiving a locking bolt, said cavity including a flange receiving slot therein, said locking bolt operably coupled to a shaft received by said cavity, said locking bolt movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, said locking bolt having a tip portion contained within said housing; a locking bolt return spring received within said cavity and configured to bias said locking bolt in the locked position; a rotary actuator having a rotary output; a flange rotatably coupled to said rotary actuator, said flange energizable by said rotary actuator between a first blocking position in which a first portion of the flange is received by said flange receiving slot and a second portion of said flange contacts the locking bolt tip portion and blocks the locking bolt from moving into the unlocked position and a second non-blocking position in which the flange rotates out of said flange receiving slot and does not block the tip portion of the locking bolt to allow the locking bolt to by pass the flange and retract into said housing; and a flange spring including an elongate arm abutting a portion of said housing, said flange spring interposed between said rotary actuator and said flange wherein said arm biases the flange member in the blocking position.