US 11,851,915 B2
Rotation converter
Phaneendra Kumar, Bangalore (IN); 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 Apr. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/860,483.
Prior Publication US 2021/0332618 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. E05B 65/10 (2006.01); F16H 19/04 (2006.01); F16H 25/18 (2006.01); E05B 15/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/06 (2006.01); F16H 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 65/1053 (2013.01) [E05B 15/0033 (2013.01); F16H 1/04 (2013.01); F16H 25/18 (2013.01); E05B 47/0676 (2013.01); E05B 65/108 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A rotation converter configured for mounting inside a door having a pushbar assembly installed on first side of the door and a trim mounted on an opposite second side of the door, the rotation converter comprising:
a housing configured for mounting inside a door preparation of the door;
an output member rotatably mounted to the housing;
a shuttle movably mounted to the housing and engaged with the output member such that the output member rotates in an output member actuating direction in response to movement of the shuttle in a shuttle actuating direction, wherein, with the rotation converter mounted inside the door, the rotation converter is positioned between the first side of the door and the second side of the door; and
an input member rotatably mounted to the housing and engaged with the shuttle;
wherein the input member is configured to drive the shuttle in the shuttle actuating direction during rotation of the input member in a first direction, thereby causing the shuttle to rotate the output member in the output member actuating direction; and
wherein the input member is configured to drive the shuttle in the shuttle actuating direction during rotation of the input member in a second direction opposite the first direction, thereby causing the shuttle to rotate the output member in the output member actuating direction.