Patent ID: 8033147
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: E05B,G07C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for using a single bolt of an electronic lock as a deadbolt lock and passage lock, the electronic lock being mounted on a door and having an internal lever, an external lever, a latch, and a throw, comprising the steps of: receiving an activation request from an activation access device of the electronic lock; validating the activation request; engaging the external lever to the latch; moving the throw in the latch from a deadbolt lock position into a passage lock position when the external lever is moved while engaged to the latch; moving the throw from the passage lock position to the deadbolt lock position when the internal lever is moved from a horizontal position to an upward vertical position; and retracting the throw from the passage lock position into the door when the internal lever is moved from a horizontal position to a downward vertical position.