Patent ID: 8047031

Claim:
An electronic lock, comprising: a piezo-electric actuator positioned in a plug of a rotatable core, wherein the piezo-electric actuator has a first position and a second position and is configured to resist movement of a locking member during a non-normal unlocking operation of the electronic lock, wherein the locking member is at least partially positioned within a recess of the plug, and the piezo-electric actuator is in the first position when the electronic lock is locked and in the second position when the electronic lock is unlocked; and tamper circuitry coupled with a connector of the piezo-electric actuator wherein the tamper circuitry is configured to resist an externally induced acceleration of the electronic lock by shunting electrical power produced by a resultant externally induced motion of the piezo-electric actuator back to the piezo-electric actuator such that the piezo-electric actuator bends toward the first position.