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Granted Patent B2
US 12,516,545 · App. 18/714,914 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Blocking device for a closure element or a switching element

Inventors: Marcel Kölliker (Wetzikon, CH); Franco Di Sario (Wetzikon, CH); Markus Zahner (Wetzikon, CH)
Assignee: DORMAKABA SCHWEIZ AG
E05B47/063E05B47/0012E05B27/001E05B2047/0017E05B2047/0084E05B2047/0085
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Patent No.
US 12,516,545
App. No.
18/714,914
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A barrier device for a locking device is provided with a stator, with a rotor with a rotor axis and with an electromechanical actuator in the rotor. The rotor has two rotor elements, with the first rotor element and the second rotor element being arranged axially one behind the other in relation to the rotor axis. The two rotor elements are connected to each other in a rotationally fixed manner. The electromechanical actuator is arranged in one of the rotor elements. A locking device is provided with a locking device housing and the barrier device. The barrier device is received in the locking cylinder housing. In particular, the locking device includes a fastening element which is inserted from the outside into the locking device housing in order to fasten the stator to the locking device housing in a rotationally fixed manner.

Claims (35)

1 . A barrier device for a locking device comprising:

a stator,

a rotor with a rotor axis and

an electromechanical actuator in the rotor, wherein

the rotor has a first rotor element and a second rotor element, wherein

the first rotor element and the second rotor element are arranged axially one behind the other in relation to the rotor axis,

the first rotor element and the second rotor element are connected to each other in a rotationally fixed manner,

wherein the electromechanical actuator is arranged in one of the rotor elements,

wherein the barrier device comprises a barrier element, wherein in a first position the barrier element prevents the rotor from being rotatable with respect to the stator, wherein in a second position the barrier element enables the rotor to be rotatable with respect to the stator, wherein the barrier element is moved between the first and the second position,

wherein the second rotor element is designed to be arranged in the installed state between a driver of the locking device and the first rotor element, wherein the second rotor element comprises the electromechanical actuator and/or a control device for controlling the actuator.

2 . The barrier device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the stator has a base side which is designed to be directed inwards and/or towards a driver of the locking device in the installed state, wherein the second rotor element and the base side are designed in such manner that the second rotor element is only inserted into the stator from the base side, wherein the second rotor element is inserted into the stator from the base side without the first rotor element.

3 . The barrier device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second rotor element is designed to be arranged in the installed state behind the first rotor element and/or between a driver and the first rotor element, wherein the second rotor element comprises a projection, wherein the projection is formed integrally with the rest of the second rotor element, wherein the axial position with respect to the stator is fixed in one spatial direction by the projection.

4 . The barrier device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a section of the stator surrounding the second rotor element has a greater wall thickness than a section of the stator surrounding the first rotor element and/or wherein the first rotor element has a larger diameter than the second rotor element.

5 . The barrier device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first rotor element and/or the second rotor element are designed to be cylindrical, wherein the second rotor element protrudes into the first rotor element.

6 . The barrier device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first rotor element is made of a different material, of a harder and/or stronger material, than the second rotor element, wherein the first rotor element is formed from a ceramic material and/or wherein the first rotor element serves as a drilling protection.

7 . The barrier device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first rotor element detaches from the second rotor element under mechanical stress, wherein the second rotor element comprises a predetermined breaking point.

8 . The barrier device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the barrier device has a latching element for latching in at least one position of the rotor with respect to the stator and/or a removal protection element for preventing removal of a key in at least one position of the rotor with respect to the stator, wherein the latching element and/or the removal protection element is arranged on the first rotor element or interacts with the first rotor element.

9 . The barrier device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the barrier device comprises an extension element, wherein the extension element is designed to move in a first direction axially to the rotor axis, when a key is inserted, and to move in a second direction counter to the first direction axially to the rotor axis when the key is removed, wherein the extension element extends from the first rotor element to the second rotor element, wherein the first rotor element radially surrounds the extension element.

10 . The barrier device according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier element is movably mounted in the rotor, wherein the stator comprises a barrier element recess into which the barrier element engages in the first position, wherein the barrier element recess is provided in the part of the stator which surrounds the second rotor element.

11 . The barrier device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the stator comprises a stator element, wherein the stator element has a first contact surface in order to move the barrier element of the barrier device from a first position into a second position, and the stator element is movably mounted in the rest of the stator.

12 . The barrier device according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier device comprises a key channel which is filled by a key in the inserted state, wherein the electromechanical actuator is located behind the key channel.

13 . The barrier device according to claim 1 , wherein the first rotor element and the second rotor element are reversibly detachably connected to each other, wherein the barrier device comprises a latching device, wherein the first rotor element and the second rotor element are connected to each other via the latching device.

14 . The barrier device according to claim 1 , wherein the stator comprises an opening which is designed to receive a fastening element passed through the locking device housing for the rotationally fixed fastening of the stator to the locking device housing, wherein the opening is arranged radially to the second rotor element.

15 . A locking device with a locking device housing and a barrier device, wherein the barrier device comprises a stator, a rotor with a rotor axis, and an electromechanical actuator in the rotor, wherein the rotor has a first rotor element and a second rotor element, wherein the first rotor element and the second rotor element are arranged axially one behind the other in relation to the rotor axis, the first rotor element and the second rotor element are connected to each other in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the electromechanical actuator is arranged in one of the rotor elements, wherein the barrier device comprises a barrier element, wherein in a first position the barrier element prevents the rotor from being rotatable with respect to the stator, wherein in a second position the barrier element enables the rotor to be rotatable with respect to the stator, wherein the barrier element is moved between the first and the second position,

wherein the barrier device is received in the locking device housing, wherein the locking device comprises a fastening element, wherein the fastening element is introduced from the outside into the locking device housing in order to fasten the stator to the locking device housing in a rotationally fixed manner,

wherein the locking device is designed as a locking cylinder, a knob cylinder, a furniture cylinder, or a padlock.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2024
From: KÖLLIKER, MARCEL; DI SARIO, FRANCO; ZAHNER, MARKUS
To: DORMAKABA SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 067577/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 21212254 · Dec 3, 2021 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240418008A1 · Dec 19, 2024
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