US 12,320,153 B2
Arrangement and method for providing status of an electromagnetic padlock
Johan Hörberg, Halmstad (SE); Magnus Nilsson, Laholm (SE); and Martin Lindvall, Simlångsdalen (SE)
Assigned to Swedlock AB, Halmstad (SE)
Appl. No. 18/553,094
Filed by Swedlock AB, Halmstad (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/080679
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/207132, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/SE2021/050294 (WO), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0183194 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 41/00 (2006.01); E05B 35/00 (2006.01); E05B 67/38 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 41/00 (2013.01) [E05B 35/001 (2013.01); E05B 67/38 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A padlock arrangement for locking a lock fitting, comprising:
an electromechanical padlock;
an electronic key arranged to be inserted into the padlock to an inserted position in which the electronic key is rotatable between a lock position in which the padlock is locked, and an unlock position in which the padlock is unlocked, said electronic key being provided with a position detecting device having at least one magnetic sensor; and
a handheld unit having at least one magnet, said handheld unit being movably connected to the lock fitting via a connector member and being detachably attached to the padlock in a position of use,
wherein the position detecting device of the electronic key is arranged to detect the lock position of the electronic key, by the magnetic sensor detecting a first magnetic flux from the magnet of the handheld unit being attached to the padlock, as a verification that the padlock is locked and the handheld unit is attached to the padlock.