US 11,719,027 B2
Mechanical object tracking system
Byron Alexander, San Antonio, TX (US); Cole Korte, Pflugerville, TX (US); and Boris Bass, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to Byron Alexander, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by Byron Alexander, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/301,848.
Prior Publication US 2022/0333415 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. E05C 3/34 (2006.01); E05B 35/12 (2006.01); E05B 63/12 (2006.01); E05B 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC E05C 3/34 (2013.01) [E05B 35/12 (2013.01); E05B 63/127 (2013.01); E05B 15/08 (2013.01); Y10T 292/0854 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0856 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0862 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0863 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0866 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0911 (2015.04)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An access control system comprising at least one interlocking mechanism, each at least one interlocking mechanism comprising:
two moon gears in a first plane, the two moon gears in substantial functional reflective symmetry with each other and configured to rotate about respective axes of rotation orthogonal to the first plane; and,
a linear slide in the first plane, the linear slide configured to respond to rotation of the moon gears by translation in the first plane along a third axis orthogonal to an axis of reflective symmetry of the moon gears such that:
when one of the moon gears rotates in a first rotational direction, an actuating cam of the moon gear displaces the linear slide along the third axis towards the axis of rotation of the other moon gear and thereby engages an actuating cam of the other moon gear to thereby rotate the other moon gear in the first rotational direction until a locking cam of the other moon gear releasably secures a first follower of the linear slide such that a second follower of the linear slide is displaced past a cam surface of the locking cam of the moon gear, thereby placing the moon gear into a first mode and the other moon gear into a second mode, and,
when the other moon gear rotates in an opposite rotational direction, the moon gear is placed into the second mode and the other moon gear is placed into the first mode; and,
a housing comprising at least one pair of access ports corresponding to the two moon gears, wherein each access port is configured to register a key with the axis of rotation of the corresponding moon gear when the key is inserted into the access port.