Patent ID: 7503599

Claim:
An electric door strike for use with an inwardly opening door mounted in a door frame comprising: a striker body for mounting in an aperture formed in a door frame and a cavity formed in, an underlying stud, said striker body having a keeper mounting portion and a splice box portion; a keeper device mounted in said striker body keeper mounting portion, said keeper device including a keeper support body rotatably retaining therein a keeper biased by a return spring to a door latched position, said keeper being selectively movable to a door unlatched position against a biasing force applied by said return spring; a solenoid device mounted on an external surface of said keeper support body in said striker body splice box portion, said solenoid device having a plunger normally blocking said keeper and preventing movement of said keeper from the door latched position, said solenoid being selectively operable for moving said plunger away from said keeper thereby permitting movement of said keeper to the door unlatched position; a control circuit mounted in said striker body and connected to said solenoid device, said control circuit including a radio signal receiver being responsive to a firs transmitted signal to cause said control circuit to actuate said solenoid device to move said plunger away from said keeper, said control circuit including a time delay circuit connected to said solenoid device for actuating said solenoid device for a predetermined delay time period and wherein said time delay circuit interrupts said predetermined delay time period in response to a second transmitted signal received by said receiver; at least one shim positioned between said keeper device and a wall of said striker body to align said keeper with a cooperating latch on a door mounted in the door frame when said striker body is mounted in the door frame; and a splice box accessible from outside said striker body when said striker body is mounted on the underlying stud, said splice box comprising at least one wiring aperture supporting the wiring of said control circuit, said splice box being formed by said splice box portion and said external surface of said keeper support body.