EP1817748B1 - Remote-controlled gate drive system and hand transmitter therefor - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a remote-controlled door drive system and a hand-held transmitter therefor according to the independent claims.

From the US 5,209,089 is a key holder with a key ring known that can accommodate a transmitter for remote control of a garage door. Thus, a remote control with the features of the preamble of claim 26 and implicitly also a door drive system with the features of the preamble of claim 1 is known. In the known key holder form a first body portion and a housing in which the transmitting unit can be received together a ring to which a key ring can be attached. It is also explained in the document that at this first body portion directly a key can be attached. Thus, when used to directly receive a key, the housing and first body portion together form a key ring. All elements of this known key holder should be made of brass. The entire key holder may alternatively be made of other materials, such as plastic. The embodiments show a use of the key holder as a double key holder, wherein at two ends of the housing each key rings are attached to the keys can then be attached.

Commercially available remote-controlled door drive systems generally have so-called hand-held transmitters with which the automatically driven door can be opened remotely by pressing a button. Also, additional functions such as light or the like or an additional gate (eg entrance gate in front of the actual garage door) can be with some known, located on the market Operating remote controls of common door drive systems. Currently the most common medium for transmitting transmission pulses is the radio, the transmission pulses are usually transmitted as coded RF signals. As a result, remote controls can also be operated from a car, which otherwise act like a Faraday cage.

For such door drive system also so-called mini-transmitters are on the market, which are intended to be attached to a keychain of an operator. These mini transmitters are as small as possible and have a ring area with which the mini transmitter can be attached to a key ring of the keychain like a key. The mini transmitters are then attached to the actual key ring like a key fob.

In motor vehicles, it is state of the art to accommodate a remote control in an ignition key. The mini transmitters are now destined and suitable that at the same time to the car key and the remote control for the garage in which the motor vehicle is housed ready. However, this good idea is hardly accepted in practice.

The invention has set itself the goal to eliminate this maladministration.

The invention takes advantage of the recognition that in most overwhelming cases it is too cumbersome for most users to attach the garage door hand transmitter to the vehicle keychain. Other users find it annoying to burden their keyring in addition to the keys even with a remote control. Many key rings only provide space for a limited number of keys. Since keys are often worn in garment bags, carry too large keyrings on. Often the garage door hand transmitter is just the piece that is perceived as too much. Or the hand-held transmitters simply do not fit fashionably with the motor vehicle keys that sometimes serve as a prestige object.

In practice, therefore, the known hand-held transmitters for door drives are then left loose in the vehicle. This then causes the operators in turn have to carry extra key to operate the door drive by means of key switch to have access to the vehicle in which the remote control is stored.

All this can be avoided according to the invention by a door drive system with the features of independent claim 1 and a remote control therefor with the features of independent claim 26.

While in the prior art, the hand-held transmitter are applied as a key ring on a key ring, the invention proposes the key ring of a keychain itself as a hand-held transmitter for gate operators. In other words, the housing of a remote control for door drives is integrally formed as a key ring.

As a result, on the one hand to avoid the additional attachment of the remote control to the keychain and on the other hand save the keychain just the place that is crucial for many operators for ease of use.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

The integration of a usable as a key ring or such together with the rest of the housing part forming key ring area on the housing is particularly easy if the housing (15) of the remote control a snap hook design or a key loop, in particular a wire loop has.

With a trained as a carabiner key ring can key - preferably car keys or house keys - particularly easy to secure without danger to fingernails and yet secure. A snap hook design can also be easily combined with a receiving area for a transmitting device, without the functions of the individual sections would be affected.

A wire rope or the like flexible elongate element offers almost as good ease of use. For this purpose, the elongated member is preferably fixedly connected at one end to the rest of the housing part and releasably connected to the other end - preferably via a rotary or screw cap.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the housing has a transmitter receiving area with a space for receiving a transmitting device and an integrally attached to the transmitter receiving area or hinged thereto key ring area, so that key ring area and transmitter receiving area together can form a closed key ring for receiving keys.

At the key ring area preferably a releasable closure element is provided, by means of which the key ring can be opened again for the reception and removal of keys. The design of the closure element can be very different. A preferred embodiment is the aforementioned snap hook training. Another would be a small threaded bushing which is longitudinally displaceable and lockable by twisting in the closed position to open and close the key ring. In an alternative embodiment, a key ring area forming bow-shaped hook is hinged at its one end pivotally connected to a coupling point of the transmitter receiving area and fastened with its other end releasably attached to a closing point of the transmitter receiving area, for example hooked. Alternatively or additionally (for example, for grouping keys), the aforesaid wire loop or other key loop made of a flexible rope-shaped material can be used.

To animate the operator to use the handheld transmitter as a key ring, ease of use is a great advantage. A simple opening and closing function for picking up and removing keys, for example, has advantages over common key rings in which the keys have to be inserted between the turns of a wire spiral of rigid wire. For this purpose, it is preferred if the key ring area is at least partially pivotable in order to open the key ring relative to the transmitter receiving area. Alternatively or additionally, an easy-to-use closure such as bayonet closure, Screw closure or rotary closure be provided with a rotatable between a release position and a locking position locking element.

To form a closed key ring, the housing preferably has an integral or hinged hook-shaped element which has a maximum diameter of less than 5 mm along at least a major portion of its extent. As a result, the hook-shaped element can be introduced into the key ring openings of the predominantly largest proportion of all circulating keys. When using a key loop in a preferred embodiment, this has a maximum thickness of less than 5 mm.

It is known that the currently available on the market door operator hand transmitter, i. more precisely their housing, for reasons of simplicity of the manufacturing process, but also because of the permeability of the radio pulses completely made of plastic materials such as ABS, PP or the like. This deters many users from attaching the handheld transmitter to the often optically high-quality car keyring. On the one hand to cause the operator a higher quality impression and on the other hand to obtain a stable key ring area without loss of quality compared to common key rings, the invention provides that the transmitter has an at least partially formed of metal housing. It thus has the part of the door drive system, with which the operator usually deliberately comes into contact alone, namely the remote control, a partially, preferably for the most part, made of metal housing. For the purpose of permeability of the signals, the housing, in addition to its metal region, according to the invention also has a (preferably smaller) non-metal region.

By this embodiment of the invention, a hand-held transmitter with the highest possible possible housing is created. In addition, is due to the heavier built materials even with small dimensions noticeable weight of the handheld transmitter a higher quality impression awakened: Although the through The hand-held transmitter barely applied key ring, it is noticeable to its wearer, so that the wearer immediately aware of any loss.

For example, the hand-held transmitter has two metal shells for receiving the keys arranged on an inner board. More preferably, the transmitter has a fully or partially encircling inserted area or frame of polycarbonate or similar, preferably transparent plastic. Through the non-metal region or non-metal frame, light signals, e.g. detect from mounted on the board diode. On the other hand results in an at least partially encircling plastic area or frame despite the built-metal shells a large permeability to electromagnetic signals, so that the transmitter can send out of a closed PkW out its signals to a - even more distant - stationary receiving system at the gate.

In addition to completely made of metal housing shells housing parts can be used, which consist of less expensive materials, but are surface-coated with metal, ie z. B. are metallized or have a metallic coating.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, which can be produced easily and yet is visually very attractive and stable, it is preferred that the housing has a metal lower part on which a cup-shaped region for receiving a transmitting device is formed. The cup-shaped area is preferably an integral part and integral portion of a releasably closed key ring. The cup-shaped metal region has advantages in particular when used on the key ring because of its protective function for the sensitive transmitting device. Keyrings fall more often to the ground during their use. Sometimes they are thrown between persons through the air, the litter often lands on the ground. By receiving the transmitting device in a cup-shaped design made entirely of metal or the like, the transmitting device is able to withstand many such treatments without damage.

For this purpose, the transmitting device should also be reliably fixed. On the other hand, in order not to disturb the desired optically high-quality impression by a fastening device, it is further preferred that a fastening device for fastening the transmitting device is formed on the bottom of the cup-shaped region from the opposite side. The fastening device is further preferably covered on the opposite side by means of a separately executed cover in the form of an advertising medium. The cover could, for example, carry a logo identifying the door drive.

The key ring area is particularly easy to integrate with a transmitter receiving area if the metal part (s) of the housing are made of cast metal. This makes it possible to produce even more complicated housing shapes.

If the housing has a recorded between two metal elements of the housing frame made of electrically non-conductive material, so the radio connection between the well-protected in the housing recorded transmitting device and the Torantriebsempfänger is guaranteed.

If the housing has a region made of a non-metallic, translucent, opaque or transparent material, integrated light indicators, for example an LED, can be easily recognized on a housing accommodated in the housing, in spite of the partial metal construction.

A visually high-quality impression that can compete with key fobs for noble automobiles is achievable if a metal section of the case is made of stainless steel or glossy or matte, for example brushed, cast metal such as cast aluminum, or is of a precious metal and / or has a shiny metal coating.

As a non-metal region, the housing preferably has a partial region made of plastic, in particular of or with polycarbonate.

The optically high-quality impression of the hand-held transmitter is underlined even by luminous buttons. At the same time, despite the use of metal materials, the operator has the easy-to-implement feedback capability for each actuation.

Fig. 1

rein zu Erläuterungszwecken eine perspektivische Ansicht eines nicht von der Erfindung umfassten Handsenders als mobiler Teil eines Torantriebssystems;

Fig. 2

eine beispielhafte perspektivische Ansicht der stationären Teile eines erfindungsgemäßen Torantriebssystems;

Fig. 3

rein zu Erläuterungszwecken eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Rahmens als ein erstes Gehäuseteil des Gehäuses des Handsenders von Fig. 1;

Fig. 4

rein zu Erläuterungszwecken eine perspektivische Ansicht einer ersten Metallschale als zweites Gehäuseteil, nämlich Unterteil, des Gehäuses des Handsenders von Fig. 1;

Fig. 5

rein zu Erläuterungszwecken eine perspektivische Ansicht einer zweiten Metallschale als drittes Gehäuseteil des Handsenders von Fig. 1;

Fig. 6

eine perspektivische Ansicht einer in einem Handsender-Gehäuse untergebrachten Handsenderplatine; und

Fig. 7

rein zu Erläuterungswecken einen Schnitt durch einen zweiten, nicht von der Erfindung umfassten Handsender;

Fig. 8-11

verschiedene Ansichten einer ersten Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Handsenders in Form eines Schlüsselringes als mobiler Teil des Torantriebssystems;

Fig. 12

eine perspektivische Ansicht teilweise von oben und teilweise von der Seite einer zweiten Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Handsenders in Form eines Schlüsselringes als mobiler Teil des Torantriebssystems;

Fig. 13

eine Ansicht vergleichbar zu Fig. 12, jedoch mit geöffnetem Schlüsselring;

Fig. 14

eine Draufsicht auf den Handsender von Fig. 12;

Fig. 15

die Draufsicht von Fig. 14 bei geöffnetem Schlüsselring;

Fig. 16

eine perspektivische Ansicht, teils von unten und teils von der Seite auf den Handsender von Fig. 12;

Fig. 17

die Ansicht von Fig. 16 bei geöffnetem Schlüsselring;

Fig. 18

eine perspektivische Ansicht, teils von oben und von der Seite, auf eine dritte Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Handsenders in Form eines Schlüsselringes als mobiler Teil des Torantriebssystems;

Fig. 19

eine Draufsicht auf den Handsender von Fig. 18;

Fig. 20

eine Draufsicht auf eine Abwandlung oder Variante der dritten Ausführungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Handsenders;

Fig. 21-24

eine Reihe von perspektivischen Darstellung eines bei der dritten Ausführungsform des Handsenders gemäß den Fig. 18-20 eingesetzten Schlüsselring-Verschlusses zur Erläuterung der Verschlussfunktion; und

Fig. 25

eine perspektivische Ansicht teils von oben, teils von der Seite auf eine vierte Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Handsenders in Form eines Schlüsselringes als mobiler Teil des Torantriebssystems.

An embodiment of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It shows:

Fig. 1

purely for explanatory purposes, a perspective view of a handheld transmitter not included in the invention as a mobile part of a door drive system;

Fig. 2

an exemplary perspective view of the stationary parts of a door drive system according to the invention;

Fig. 3

purely for explanatory purposes, a perspective view of a frame as a first housing part of the housing of the remote control of Fig. 1 ;

Fig. 4

purely for explanatory purposes, a perspective view of a first metal shell as a second housing part, namely lower part of the housing of the remote control of Fig. 1 ;

Fig. 5

purely for explanatory purposes, a perspective view of a second metal shell as a third housing part of the handheld transmitter of Fig. 1 ;

Fig. 6

a perspective view of a housed in a transmitter housing transmitter transmitter board; and

Fig. 7

purely for explanatory purposes, a section through a second hand transmitter not covered by the invention;

Fig. 8-11

different views of a first embodiment of a remote control transmitter according to the invention in the form of a key ring as a mobile part of the door drive system;

Fig. 12

a perspective view partly from above and partly from the side of a second embodiment of a hand-held transmitter according to the invention in the form of a key ring as a mobile part of the door drive system;

Fig. 13

a view similar to Fig. 12 but with opened key ring;

Fig. 14

a top view of the transmitter from Fig. 12 ;

Fig. 15

the top view of Fig. 14 with key ring open;

Fig. 16

a perspective view, partly from below and partly from the side of the transmitter of Fig. 12 ;

Fig. 17

the view of Fig. 16 with key ring open;

Fig. 18

a perspective view, partly from above and from the side, of a third embodiment of a hand-held transmitter according to the invention in the form of a key ring as a mobile part of the door drive system;

Fig. 19

a top view of the transmitter from Fig. 18 ;

Fig. 20

a plan view of a modification or variant of the third embodiment of the handheld transmitter according to the invention;

Fig. 21-24

a series of perspective view of one in the third embodiment of the remote control according to the Fig. 18-20 used key ring closure to explain the closure function; and

Fig. 25

a perspective view partly from above, partly from the side on a fourth embodiment of a remote control transmitter according to the invention in the form of a key ring as a mobile part of the door drive system.

The Indian Fig. 1 shown for explanatory purposes, not included in the invention hand transmitter 1 has two metal shells 2 and 3 and an inserted frame 4 made of opaque or transparent plastic, eg polycarbonate. It serves as part of a door drive system 5 for remotely controlling a powered door, eg garage door 6, as in FIG Fig. 2 shown.

The garage door 6 has a door leaf 7, which is motor-driven by a door drive 8. The motor 9 of the door drive 8 drives a carriage in a guide rail 10, which is fixed to the garage ceiling 11. The control commands are transmitted from a receiver 12, which can be controlled by means of RF signals sent by the hand-held transmitter 1, to the door drive control (not shown). The door drive 8 and the garage door 6 are formed in the usual manner and known in the art. Instead of the illustrated door drive, any other remotely controllable door drive system can be used.

The in Fig. 3 shown frame 4 of the remote control 1 is formed of transparent non-metal. Through the frame 4 can be seen 15 emitted light signals 16 from the interior of the housing formed by the metal shells and the interposed frame 4. In addition, the frame 4 is well-transmissive due to the non-metallic material for radio signals. The attachment of the metal shells 2, 3 via screw connections, which are indicated by screw holes 17.

The lower part forming metal shell 3 is in Fig. 4 shown. It has a flap 20 for replacing batteries and for accessing programming devices on the hand transmitter board 21. The board 21 has, as out Fig. 6 a light emitting diode 22, a transmitting device 23, two control buttons 24, a processor unit 25 and a battery 27.

The keys 24 are accessible through corresponding openings 29 in the lid formed as a housing part 2, see Fig. 5 , The housing parts 2, 3 are made of high quality metals, such. As stainless steel or provided with appropriate coatings metals.

In Fig. 7 is for illustration and illustration purposes yet another, not included in the invention embodiment of a remote control 40 shown in section. Corresponding parts are provided with the same reference numerals as in the first embodiment. The second embodiment differs from the first in that the housing shells 2, 3 are not made entirely of metal, but of a plastic 41 which is coated on the outside with a large area of metal. The metal coating 42 is in Fig. 7 for purposes of illustration exaggerated. It can be produced, for example, as metal vaporization. Another option is to attach decor shells made of metal to the housing.

The walls of the housing parts 2, 3 form of metal formed or surface-coated with metal first wall portions of the housing 15. The frame. 4 forms a smaller second wall portion of the housing 15, which consists entirely of non-metal for the purpose of light and / or radio transmission.

Embodiments of the invention hand transmitters 50, 51, 70, 71 are in the FIGS. 12 to 25 shown. They result from the previously explained, not encompassed by the invention embodiments of remote controls 1, 40, characterized in that on the housing 15, a key ring portion 52 is integrated, so that the remote control 50, 51, 70, 71 is formed as a key ring 53 total. For corresponding parts, the same reference numerals as in the previously explained hand transmitters 1, 40 are used.

In all shown embodiments of key ring hand transmitters 50, 51, 70, 71, the housing 15 is made of cast metal, namely here cast aluminum. The housing 15 has a here circular transmitter receiving area 55, in which the transmission board 21 can be accommodated. In this case, the transmitter receiving area 55 forms a first section of the closed key ring 53 and the key ring area 52 has a second section of the key ring 53 adjacent thereto in the circumferential direction.

In the first two embodiments of key ring hand transmitters 50, 51, the key ring portion 52 is designed as a snap hook formation 54. The snap hook formation 54 is attached to the transmitter receiving area 55. For this purpose, a rigid bow-shaped hook 56 with a maximum diameter of less than 5 mm, for example, 1.5 to 3 mm in diameter is attached to the transmitter receiving area 55. At the free end of the hook 56 engages positively the free end of a pivot lever 57, which forms the closure element of the snap hook formation 54. At the other end of the pivot lever 57 is pivotally articulated under the bias of a (not shown) spring-biasing means into engagement with the hook 56 on an integrally formed also on the transmitter receiving portion 55 projection 58. The pivot lever 57 can against this bias for receiving and removing a key (not shown) are pressed inwards, as shown in the Fig. 9 . 13 . 15 and 17 is indicated. The hook 56, the pivot lever 57 and the projection 58 together form the key ring portion 52, which joins together with the transmitter receiving portion to the closed key ring 53. The diameter and the profile of hook 56, pivot lever 57 and projection 58 are adapted to each other and designed so that common keys can be recorded with the key ring openings.

Further, the embodiments shown here have key ring remote controls 50, 51, 70, 71 a total of four of the control buttons 24, which are formed from translucent plastic here and can light up when actuated. This is achieved by receiving the corresponding in shape to the transmitter receiving area 55 adapted board 21 and additional LED's (not shown). The board 21 is bolted to the bottom 59 of the transmitter receiving portion 55 with screws not shown as a fastening device. The opening formed on the bottom 59 for receiving the countersunk heads of the screws is covered by a separate cover 60 in the form of an advertising medium. Alternatively or additionally, an advertising medium can also be applied on the top side.

The first embodiment of the keyfob transmitter 51 is characterized by a one-piece housing lower part 61 made of metal, which forms the majority of the housing 15. The transmitter receiving portion 55 is here in the form of a cup-like housing portion 62 in which the board 21 is completely received and covered by a cover 63 made of non-metal.

In contrast, the presently preferred second embodiment has the two housing shells 2, 3, wherein between the housing shells 2, 3 of the above-explained frame 4 is housed. In the illustrated embodiment, the lower part 64 forming housing shell 3 is substantially circular cup configured to receive the board 21. The housing shell 2 forming the upper part 65 integrally supports the snap hook formation 54, the lower part 64 having corresponding recesses 66 for flush receiving the reinforced lug formations 67 of the projection 58 and hook 56. At the top of the upper part 65 is provided with the openings 29 for the control buttons. The light of the LED 22 of the board can be seen as in the hand transmitters 1, 40 through the frame 4 and here additionally by the control buttons 24 therethrough.

In the in the FIGS. 18 to 25 illustrated third and fourth embodiment of key ring remote controls 70, 71, the key ring 53 is integrated with the housing 15 by a key loop 72. The key loop 72 is formed by attaching an elongate flexible bendable closure element, here in the form of a wire cable 73, to the transmitter receiving portion 55. While in embodiments not shown, the wire 73 can also act directly on the transmitter receiving area, in the embodiments shown 70, 71 at the transmitter receiving portion 55 rigid projections 74, 75 are provided, to which the ends of the wire 73 are attached. A first, fixed end 76 of the wire rope 73 is fixedly connected to a first projection 74. Via a closure 77, 78, the second, free end 79 of the wire rope 73 is releasably connectable to a second projection 75.

The elongated flexible closure element - in the example of the wire rope 73 - is here selected so that it is flexible bendable to open and close the key ring 73, but is so rigid that it in the closed state a certain shape, see for example the bow shape of Fig. 25 , occupies. For this purpose, it can be equipped along its extension with different flexibility.

In the in the Fig. 18 to 20 illustrated third embodiment of the remote control 70 is a closure in the function of a bayonet lock comparable rotary closure 77 is provided, whose structure and function in the following with reference to the detail representation of this rotary closure 77 in the Fig. 21 to 24 is explained in more detail.

The free end 79 of the wire rope 73 is provided with a thickening 80 which is thicker than the wire diameter (this is for example 1 mm), but is made thinner than the usual key ring openings 101. Thus, key 100 can be placed with their key ring openings 101 on the dissolved free end 79 of the wire rope 73, as shown in Fig. 21 is shown.

The free end of the second projection 75 is provided with a slot-like recess 81 in which the free end 79 can be inserted from the side, see FIGS. 22 and 23 , The recess 81 is also made thicker at its housing-side end for positive reception of the thickening 80. At the second projection 75, a locking ring 82 is rotatably mounted in the region of this thicker receptacle 83 of the recess 81. The locking ring 82 has a in the form of the recess 81 adapted radially continuous lateral slot 84, through which the free end 79 of the wire rope 73 in the in the Fig. 21 to 23 shown release position of the locking ring 82, where the lateral slot 84 is aligned with the recess 81, can be inserted into the recess 81. By rotation of the locking ring 82 in the in Fig. 24 shown locking position, the thickened receptacle 83 of the recess 81 is closed by the locking ring 82, so that the free end 79 is securely connected to the second projection 75.

The in the Fig. 20 illustrated variant of the third embodiment has compared to those in the FIGS. 18 and 19 variants shown a shortened second projection, so that a larger portion of the key ring 53 is formed by the wire 73.

At the in Fig. 25 shown fourth embodiment of a key ring remote control 71 is an even larger portion of the key ring 53, namely almost the entire key ring portion 52, formed by the wire 73. The closure for fastening the free end 79 is here designed as a basically known key rings in screw cap 78, which can be detachably connected by means of threaded engagement with the corresponding projection 75 or in a variant, not shown, directly to the transmitter receiving portion 55.

The transmitter accommodating portion 55 itself is formed with the metal shells 2 and 3 in the third and fourth embodiments 70, 71 as in the second embodiment 51. As a non-metal area here, however, is not a continuous all-round frame, but only partially - with the exception of the side where the key ring portion 52 attaches - circumferential intermediate strips 85 between the two metal shells 2 and 3 are provided. This forms on three sides a window for the radiation of the remote control signals. In this way, where the keys start, only insensitive metal material is present.

The key ring hand transmitters 50, 51, 70, 71 are used on the one hand as key rings and on the other hand as a handheld transmitter for controlling the door drive system 5.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

transmitter

2

metal bowl

3

metal bowl

4

frame

5

Torantriebssystem

6

garage

7

door leaf

8th

door drive

9

engine

10

guide rail

11

garage ceiling

12

receiver

15

casing

16

light signals

17

screw

20

flap

21

circuit board

22

led

23

transmitting device

24

control key

25

processor unit

27

battery

29

openings

40

transmitter

50

Key ring hand-held transmitter, first embodiment

51

Key ring hand-held transmitter, second embodiment

52

Key ring area

53

key ring

54

Carabiner training

55

Stations receiving area

56

bow-shaped hook

57

Swivel lever (closure element)

58

head Start

59

ground

60

cover

61

Housing bottom

62

cup-shaped housing part area

63

cover

64

lower part

65

top

66

recesses

67

strengthened approach training

70

Key ring hand-held transmitter, third embodiment

71

Key ring transmitter, fourth embodiment

72

key loop

73

Wire rope (closure element)

74

first advantage

75

second lead

76

first, firm end

77

screw cap

78

screw

79

free end

80

thickening

81

recess

82

locking ring

83

Thickened recording

84

slot

85

intermediate strips

100

key

101

Key ring opening

Claims (27)

1. Remote-controlled gate drive system (5), comprising a motor drive device (8) for driving gates (6), a stationary receiver (12) assigned to the drive device (8), and a hand transmitter (50, 51, 70, 71) with an outer housing (15) assigned to a key ring (53) to transmit control commands to the receiver (12) for controlling the drive device (8) and/or for controlling related functions such as the light, the alarm system, a second gate and so on, wherein the housing (15) of the hand transmitter (50, 51, 70, 71) itself is designed as a key ring (53) or at least as a ring section of a key ring (53) and/or wherein the key ring (53) is an integral part of the hand transmitter housing (15) and wherein the housing (15) has a metal area (2, 3, 52, 55, 61, 64, 65) formed of metal so that the housing (15) is partially formed of metal to provide a stable key ring area,
   characterized in that
   the housing (15) has, in addition to its metal region (2, 3, 52, 55, 61, 64, 65), a non-metal region (4, 63, 85) formed from non-metal in order to let the control commands pass through and in that
   a housing portion (4, 85) formed from non-metal is present on several sides of the housing (15).
2. Gate drive system according to claim 1,
   characterized in that the housing (15) of the hand transmitter (50, 51) has a snap-hook design (54).
3. Gate drive system according to claim 1,
   characterized in that the housing (15) of the hand transmitter (70, 71) has a key strap (72) made of a flexible elongate element (73).
4. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in the housing (15) has a transmitter receiving area (55) with a space for receiving a transmitting device (23), and a key ring area (52) provided integrally with or articulated to the transmitter receiving area (55) so that the key ring area (52) and the transmitter receiving area (55) together form a closed key ring (53) for receiving keys (100).
5. Gate drive system according to claim 4,
   characterized in that on the key ring area (52) a releasable locking element (57, 73) is provided, with which the key ring (53) can be reclosably opened to remove and to receive keys (100).
6. Gate drive system according to one of the claims 4 or 5,
   characterized in that the key ring area (52) can be pivoted with respect to the transmitter receiving area (55) at least partially, to open the key ring (53).
7. Gate drive system according to one of the claims 4 or 5,
   characterized in that the key ring area (52) is formed by an elongate flexible element (73) at least in sections which is directly or indirectly rigidly connected with a first end (76) thereof to the transmitter receiving area (55) and is detachably connected with the second end (7) thereof to the transmitter receiving area (55).
8. Gate drive system according to one of the claims 5 or 7,
   characterized in that the locking element or the elongate element is formed by a wire rope (73).
9. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized by a screw closure (78) for opening the key ring (53) in a reclosable manner.
10. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized by a bayonet lock or a twist lock (77) having a locking element (82) which allows the key ring (53) to be opened in a first rotary position and locks the key ring (53) against opening in a second rotary position.
11. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the housing (15) has an integral or articulated hook-shaped element (56) for forming a closed key ring (53) which has a maximum diameter of less than 5 mm along at least a major part of its extension.
12. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the housing (15) has a metal cover and/or a lower part (64) made of metal or two housing shells (2, 3) formed of metal.
13. Gate drive system according to claim 12,
    characterized in that a cup-shaped region (62) for receiving a transmitting device (23) is formed on the metal lower part (61), which cup-shaped region (62) is an integral component of a closed key ring (53) which can be opened and closed.
14. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that a fastening device for fastening the transmitting device (23) is formed on a bottom (59) of the housing (15) from the opposite side.
15. Gate drive system according to claim 14,
    characterized in that the fastening device on the opposite side is covered by a separately designed cover (60) in the form of an advertising medium.
16. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the metal part or parts of the housing (15) are made of cast metal, in particular cast aluminium.
17. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the housing (15) has an intermediate part (85) or frame (4) made of an electrically non-conducting material received between two metal elements (2, 3) of the housing.
18. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the housing (15) has a region (4) formed of a non-metal, light-permeable, opaque or transparent material.
19. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that a metal region (2, 3, 61, 64, 65) of the housing (15) is made of stainless steel or a precious metal and/or has a shiny metal coating and/or a surface-finished, in particular polished or brushed, metal surface.
20. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the housing (15) has a section (4, 24, 85) made of plastic, in particular made of or with polycarbonate.
21. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the hand transmitter (50, 51, 70, 71) comprises a circuit board (21) received in the housing (15) with a radio transmitter component (23).
22. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that at least one metal component (65) of the housing (15) has holes (29) penetrated by buttons (24) assigned to an internal control board (21).
23. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the hand transmitter (50) has illuminated buttons (24) when operated.
24. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the hand transmitter (51) has a light emitting diode (22) in the interior of the housing (15) for displaying functions so that it is visible through a non-metal region (85, 24, 4) of the housing (15) when the light emitting diode is illuminated.
25. Gate drive system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the non-metal region (4) of the housing (15) can be penetrated all around by the signals derived from the transmitter to the receiver.
26. Hand transmitter (50, 51, 70, 71) for a gate drive system (5) according to one of the preceding claims, comprising a housing (15) having an integral key receiving structure (53, 52, 72) for directly fixing a key (100),
    wherein the housing (15) designed as a key ring section (53) has a first wall portion (2, 3) formed entirely of metal in order to provide a stable key ring area,
    characterized in that the housing (15) has a second wall portion (4, 85) formed entirely of a non-metal material for allowing signals to pass and that the second wall portion (4, 85) formed of a non-metal material is present on several sides of the housing (15).
27. Hand transmitter according to claim 26,
    characterized by a snap-hook design (54) or a key strap (72) made of a flexible material.

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