US 12,480,335 B2
Module and an attachment system
Ryan Bromley, Cannock (GB); and Thomas Jameson, Cannock (GB)
Assigned to Avantis Hardware Limited, Cannock (GB)
Appl. No. 17/612,883
Filed by Avantis Hardware Limited, Cannock (GB)
PCT Filed May 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051229
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/234588, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907108 (GB), filed on May 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0251875 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 45/06 (2006.01); E05B 9/08 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 45/06 (2013.01) [E05B 9/08 (2013.01); E05B 47/0038 (2013.01); E05B 2045/0665 (2013.01); E05B 2045/0695 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0069 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0089 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door or window including:
a lock or latch mechanism actuatable between a locked and an unlocked condition;
a system configured to determine the condition of the lock or latch mechanism, the system including:
a module including first and second sensor units;
a magnet configured to be attached to a part of the lock or latch mechanism such that the magnet moves along a magnet path with actuation of the lock or latch mechanism, the magnet having a magnetic axis which is directionally aligned with the magnet path, the magnet path passing both of the first and second sensor units, such that the module is configured to determine a current condition of the lock or latch mechanism by using the first and second sensor units to sense changes in a polarity of a sensed magnetic field generated by the magnet as the magnet moves along the magnet path.