US 12,258,784 B2
Door strike plate sensor
Richard Darling, Poway, CA (US); George Seelman, Temecula, CA (US); Steven Stallard, Escondido, CA (US); and Fong Chang, Diamond Bar, CA (US)
Assigned to Instant Care, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Instant Care, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,428.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/264,514, filed on Nov. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160230 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 17/22 (2006.01); E05B 15/02 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 17/22 (2013.01) [E05B 15/0205 (2013.01); E05B 47/00 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0068 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0069 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door position detector comprising:
a strike plate mounted onto a door frame, the strike plate comprising a back face that opposes the door frame and a front face disposed on an opposite side of the strike plate than the back face and opposing an edge of a door when the door is in a closed position;
a door position sensor integrated with the strike plate, the door position sensor configured to detect a state of the door;
a control circuit disposed on the strike plate or embedded into the strike plate, wherein:
the control circuit comprises a substrate;
the door position sensor is disposed on the substrate; and
the substrate is inserted into a mortise hole and defines a substantially cylindrical or rounded shape, the substrate defining a longitudinal axis that aligns with a longitudinal axis of the mortise hole.