US 12,006,734 B2
Rotation converter
Nagesh Varadaraju, Bangalore (IN); and Aaron P. McKibben, Fishers, IN (US)
Assigned to Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
Filed by Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,725.
Prior Publication US 2022/0403920 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 65/10 (2006.01); E05B 15/00 (2006.01); F16H 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 65/1053 (2013.01) [E05B 15/0013 (2013.01); F16H 19/001 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotation converter, comprising:
a case;
an input member rotatably mounted to the case, wherein the input member is rotatable from an input member home position in each of a first input direction and a second input direction opposite the first input direction;
a shuttle movably mounted in the case, wherein the shuttle is engaged with the input member such that rotation of the input member from the input member home position in each of the first input direction and the second input direction drives the shuttle from a shuttle home position to a shuttle actuated position;
an output member rotatably mounted to the case for rotation about an output member rotational axis in each of a first output direction and a second output direction opposite the first output direction, wherein the output member comprises an axial recess; and
a removable adapter seated in the axial recess and rotationally coupled with the output member, the removable adapter comprising an opening operable to receive a tailpiece;
wherein the output member has a first engaged position in which the output member rotates in the first output direction in response to movement of the shuttle from the shuttle home position to the shuttle actuated position;
wherein the output member has a second engaged position in which the output member rotates in the second output direction in response to movement of the shuttle from the shuttle home position to the shuttle actuated position;
wherein the output member has a disengaged position in which the output member is disengaged from the shuttle; and
wherein the disengaged position is offset from the first engaged position and the second engaged position along the output member rotational axis.