Locking system for door, and extendible wire conduit therefore

1. A locking system for a door having a lock, the locking system comprising an outer housing mounted to an outside face of the door, and an inner housing mounted to an inside face of the door, a wire conduit mounted to one of the inner housing and the outer housing and extending across the door to the other one of the inner housing and the outer housing, the wire conduit having two telescoping members, and at least one wire extending inside the wire conduit and connected between a first locking system component housed in the outer housing and a second locking system component housed in the inner housing.

2. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the two telescoping members include a base member and an extension member, the base member having a proximal end secured to said one of the inner housing and the outer housing and a distal end extending into the door, and having a keyway including a longitudinal segment extending longitudinally between the proximal end and a distal end of the base member, and a circumferential segment at the distal end, and the extension member has a radially-extending protuberance forming a key being engaged in the keyway, wherein the two telescoping member can be locked into an extended position for installation, in which the key is engaged with the circumferential segment, and unlocked from the extended position by moving the key into the longitudinal segment, for retracting the extension member once the wire connections have been made.

3. The locking system of claim 2 wherein the two telescoping members are engaged to one another via a teeth and pawl engagement forming a ratchet, in a manner that the telescoping members can be extended linearly across the ratchet, and that the ratchet can prevent a contrary retraction movement.

4. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the locking system includes a plurality of electrical locking system components including the first locking system component and the second locking system component, the electrical locking system components individually being housed in one of the outer housing and the inner housing; wherein the plurality of electrical locking system components include at least: a battery, a reader for receiving an input from an electronic key, a lock actuator operable to activate the lock, a controller being adapted for receiving the input from the reader, determining whether or not the corresponding electronic key is authorized to open the lock, and to control the lock actuator based on said determination.

5. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the lock is a mortise lock forming part of a pack received in a mortise formed into the door, and wherein said wire conduit extends across the pack.

6. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the second locking system component is a battery which is housed in the inner housing.

7. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the wire conduit is mounted to the outer housing and extends towards the inner housing across the door.

8. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the wire conduit has a retraction prevention feature which can be used to prevent undesired retraction of the wire conduit during installation.

9. The locking system of claim 1 wherein the retraction prevention feature is a ratchet engagement.

10. A method of installing a locking system having an outer housing, an inner housing and a lock, to a door, the method comprising extending a telescoping wire conduit mounted to one of the outer housing and the inner housing of the locking system, mounting the outer housing to an outer face of the door and the inner housing to an inner face of the door, including engaging a free end of the extended telescoping wire conduit across the door, and connecting at least one wire extending out from the free end of the wire conduit.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising, subsequently to said connecting, unlocking and retracting the telescoping wire conduit.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein said step of extending the telescoping wire conduit includes selectively extending the telescoping wire conduit to a length corresponding to a predetermined thickness of the door against a ratchet engagement which prevents retraction.