US 12,421,760 B2
System and method to power a lockbox
Subhash Reddy Gopavaram, Telangana (IN); and Ramesh Lingala, Telangana (IN)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,477.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/248,730, filed on Sep. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100697 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 19/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 19/0005 (2013.01) [E05B 47/0002 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0058 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0095 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lockbox comprising:
a chassis;
a lower housing solenoid attached to the chassis;
a removable lower housing removably connected to the chassis through the lower housing solenoid; and
a battery holder configured to removably secure a primary battery within the battery holder, such that the primary battery is configured to move with the removable lower housing, the primary battery being configured to provide electricity to the lower housing solenoid;
wherein the removable lower housing further comprises a key storage area configured to retain at least one of a key or an access card therein;
wherein the removable lower housing further comprises a first housing side and a second housing side located opposite the first housing side, wherein the battery holder is located on the first housing side and the key storage area is located on the second housing side.