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Electronically-controlled removable core lock

US8973417B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MEDECO SECURITY LOCKS, INC. · US

Inventors

James Bench · Roanoke, US
Lance Schoell · Radford, US
Doug Trent · Roanoke, US
David E. Smith

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 13, 2012
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T70/7791
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An electronic small format interchangeable core (“SFIC”) lock is configured so that core locking features are electronically controlled, and keys can be electronically programmed to operate either as a normal user key able to open the lock or as a control key able to open the lock and to remove the SFIC cores. The same key will operate as a normal access key or as a control key, depending on how the key is programmed.

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