US 12,392,164 B2
Electronic lock core replacement systems
Dominik Scheffler, Phoenix, AZ (US); Benjamin Alan Grover, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Brandon Ryan Baron, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to Knox Associates, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Knox Associates, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,147.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/384,590, filed on Nov. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0167295 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 9/08 (2006.01); E05B 17/00 (2006.01); E05B 19/00 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC E05B 9/084 (2013.01) [E05B 17/0004 (2013.01); E05B 19/00 (2013.01); G07C 9/00944 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic lock core configured to permit replacement of the electronic lock core within an electronic lock, the electronic lock core comprising:
an electronic lock core plug;
an electronic lock core shell configured to house at least the electronic lock core plug and a retainment assembly; and
the retainment assembly configured to retain the electronic lock core at least partially within an electronic lock housing of the electronic lock, wherein the retainment assembly comprises:
a screw;
a retainer ramp configured to move axially along the screw from a first position to a second position when the screw is rotated; and
a control lug configured to engage with the electronic lock housing when the retainer ramp is in the first position and to disengage from the electronic lock housing when the retainer ramp is in the second position, wherein the retainment assembly retains the electronic lock core within the electronic lock housing when the control lug engages the electronic lock housing.