US 12,435,539 B2
Energy source access in a lock
Michael Edwin Ayre, Wantage (GB); Martin James Clayton, Newbury (GB); and Dominic Michael Ryan, Newbury (GB)
Assigned to Codelocks International Limited, Newbury (GB)
Appl. No. 18/285,839
Filed by CODELOCKS LIMITED, Newbury (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/GB2022/000035
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/214774, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2104866 (GB), filed on Apr. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0183190 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 9/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 9/002 (2013.01) [E05B 47/0001 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0058 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lock comprising:
a chassis mountable on one of two parts to be locked and unlocked relative to one another;
locking means carried by the chassis and transferrable between a locking state and an unlocking state respectively for the locking and unlocking, the locking means being electrically operable to cause or allow transfer from the locking state to the unlocking state;
a control module mounted on the chassis; and
control means carried by the control module and operable to control supply of electrical operating power to the locking means,
wherein the chassis defines a receptacle for reception of an electrical energy source for providing the operating power, and
wherein the control module inclusive of the control means is movable relative to the chassis and to said electrical energy source when received in the receptacle of the chassis so as to permit access to the receptacle and the electrical energy source therein.