US 12,320,148 B2
Electric door strike keeper
Joshua T. Peabody, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Dominik Scheffler, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.
Filed by Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/413,406.
Application 18/413,406 is a continuation of application No. 17/117,250, filed on Dec. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,873,660, issued on Jan. 16, 2024.
Application 17/117,250 is a continuation of application No. 15/948,616, filed on Apr. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,268,298, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Application 15/948,616 is a continuation of application No. 13/919,517, granted, now 9,945,153, issued on Apr. 17, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2011/065198, filed on Dec. 15, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/423,657, filed on Dec. 16, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151065 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E05B 15/02 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/06 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 15/022 (2013.01) [E05B 47/0047 (2013.01); E05B 47/0004 (2013.01); E05B 47/0046 (2013.01); E05B 47/0696 (2013.01); Y10T 292/68 (2015.04); Y10T 292/696 (2015.04); Y10T 292/699 (2015.04); Y10T 292/702 (2015.04); Y10T 292/705 (2015.04)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator-controlled electric strike for operating in conjunction with a spring latch of a lockset, wherein said lockset includes said spring latch and a dead latch, and wherein said spring latch has an engaged position and a release position, said electric strike comprising:
a housing having an entry chamber defined therein; and
a spring latch keeper disposed in said entry chamber for movement between a keeper locked position and a keeper unlocked position, wherein said spring latch keeper is rotatable about a keeper axis of rotation, and wherein said spring latch keeper includes:
a keeper face configured for abutting contact with said spring latch when said spring latch is disposed in said entry chamber and said spring latch is in said engaged position,
a second surface recessed from said keeper face, and
a spring latch contact ridge positioned between said keeper face and said second surface, wherein said spring latch contact ridge is disposed at a non-perpendicular angle from said keeper axis of rotation.