WO2007065723A1 - Cle electronique dotee d'une cle de secours - Google Patents

Cle electronique dotee d'une cle de secours Download PDF

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WO2007065723A1
WO2007065723A1 PCT/EP2006/011905 EP2006011905W WO2007065723A1 WO 2007065723 A1 WO2007065723 A1 WO 2007065723A1 EP 2006011905 W EP2006011905 W EP 2006011905W WO 2007065723 A1 WO2007065723 A1 WO 2007065723A1
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Harald Lüling
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Burg-Wächter Kg
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/00174—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C9/00944—Details of construction or manufacture
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B19/00—Keys; Accessories therefor
    • E05B19/04—Construction of the bow or head of the key; Attaching the bow to the shank
    • E05B19/043—Construction of the bow or head of the key; Attaching the bow to the shank the shank being pivotably mounted on the bow, e.g. for storage
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B19/00—Keys; Accessories therefor
    • E05B19/04—Construction of the bow or head of the key; Attaching the bow to the shank
    • E05B19/046—Construction of the bow or head of the key; Attaching the bow to the shank the shank being slidingly mounted on the bow, e.g. for storage
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/00174—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C9/00944—Details of construction or manufacture
    • G07C2009/00952—Electronic keys comprising a mechanical key within their housing, e.g. extractable or retractable emergency key
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/00174—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C2009/00968—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys shape of the data carrier
    • G07C2009/00992—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys shape of the data carrier mechanical key

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  • the present invention relates to an electronic key with a housing receiving a communication unit for wireless electronic control of a locking system and a mechanical key for manual actuation of the locking system.
  • Electronic keys are generally known from the prior art, for example as electronic vehicle keys.
  • the keys have electronics that are used for wireless communication with the vehicle, for example for controlling a vehicle locking system or an immobilizer.
  • the structure of the electronics and their way of communicating with a locking system or the like are generally known, which is why they will not be discussed in more detail here.
  • Electronic keys which, in addition to their electronic key function, have a conventional mechanical key.
  • DE 195 13 498 C1 discloses an electronic vehicle key, on which a key bit for mechanically actuating door locks of the associated vehicle can be folded out or folded back using a corresponding unlocking button.
  • the key has infrared remote control buttons, which are used to control the vehicle locking system, which is secured by a user code.
  • the mechanical key bit serves two different purposes in such vehicle keys.
  • the mechanical key serves as a kind of emergency key that is continuously available to the user in order to be able to access this in the event of a failure of the key electronics or the electronic locking system of the vehicle.
  • the mechanical key generally serves as a mechanical actuation element for the ignition lock.
  • the system is sensitive to changes in the user structure as well Security areas simple, quick and individually adaptable. This is a major advantage of electronic locking systems compared to conventional mechanical locking systems.
  • an electronic key of an electronic locking system has an additional mechanical key, for example for the purpose of emergency actuation, regardless of whether it is only an actuation of certain
  • Locks of the locking system or a master key the flexibility and security of the entire locking system is significantly restricted or deteriorated, especially if the emergency keys are used in an uncontrolled and incomprehensible manner by possibly unauthorized users.
  • the present invention is based on the task of developing an electronic key of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that the electronic key can also be used in the context of larger locking systems with numerous users, the electronic key being highly flexible and individual access rights to certain areas of the locking system can be granted or denied and unauthorized use of the mechanical key by the user is avoided or at least clearly recognizable.
  • the solution to this problem provides an electronic key with a housing receiving a communication unit for wireless electronic control of a locking system and a mechanical key for manual actuation of the locking system, the mechanical key being completely enclosed by the housing such that the mechanical key is without a further opening process of the housing is not usable.
  • the mechanical key is preferably accommodated in the housing in such a way that it cannot be recognized by the user.
  • the user is not informed of the presence of the mechanical key in the housing of the electronic key, which is why the electronic key according to the invention consequently appears to the respective user as a purely electronic key.
  • the key housing is included preferably designed in such a way that the user is not given any indication of the presence of the mechanical key. This ensures that the uninformed user only uses the electronic key assigned to him via the electronic actuation. If corresponding access restrictions are stored in the control of the locking system associated with the electronic key, the configuration of the electronic key according to the invention ensures, for example, that the assigned user can only gain access to correspondingly released areas.
  • the mechanical key accommodated in the housing of the electronic key can serve as a kind of emergency key.
  • the mechanical key can be designed on the one hand as a general key that fits all locks of the locking system, or as a locking system key with partial access authorization.
  • the respective user of the electronic key is given an indication, for example by an authorized person or in any other way, of the mechanical key accommodated in the housing, which the user then removes from the housing and can be used instead of electronic actuation.
  • the key according to the invention can have further electronic units, for example a battery or similar energy storage units, computer and storage units, etc. These electronic units are referred to below as electronics for the sake of simplicity.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the invention proposes that the mechanical key can only be removed from the housing by destroying a tamper-evident closure or seal. This ensures that every use of the mechanical key instead of the electronic key is detectable and recognizable.
  • Appropriate regulations in the event of destruction of the tamper-evident seal such as an obligation for the user to report in writing about the use of the mechanical key and its reasons, or the like, make it possible to largely limit unauthorized use of the mechanical key. In this way, even a user who, despite the externally invisible recording of the mechanical Key in the housing from this knowledge, from its unauthorized use.
  • a special embodiment of the invention provides that the mechanical key is accommodated in a receiving compartment formed in the housing. This is preferably a room that is closed to its surroundings. If maintenance work on the electronics of the key is necessary, for example in the form of a battery replacement, the mechanical key cannot be recognized by unauthorized persons in this case either.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides that the receiving compartment can be opened by breaking open a predetermined breaking point. Furthermore, it can be provided that the receiving compartment is sealed by means of a tamper-evident closure.
  • the housing of the electronic key be formed at least in two parts.
  • the housing preferably has a cover element which is designed as a hollow body and is open on one side and a support element which is pushed into it from the open side.
  • the housing items, i.e. H. at least the cover element and the carrier element of an electronic key designed in this way can be produced in a simple and inexpensive manner, for example as plastic injection molded parts.
  • the electronics accommodated in the housing and the mechanical key can be effectively protected from possibly damaging environmental influences such as moisture, heat, cold or mechanical loads, etc., by means of such a housing.
  • the electronics are particularly advantageously arranged in the form of a circuit board or the like on the carrier element. The same applies to the compartment for the mechanical key.
  • the electronics it is also possible for the electronics to be arranged on the carrier element and for the mechanical key receptacle to be arranged within the cover element, so that the mechanical key or the receptacle can be recognized even in the event of maintenance work on the electronics. H. when the key is open - difficult or can be prevented.
  • the carrier element and the cover element by means of are sealed with a tamper-evident seal. Additionally or alternatively, it can be provided that the carrier element and the cover element are materially connected to one another to form a predetermined breaking point.
  • the mechanical key can be removed from the housing or the receiving compartment for intended use and must be arranged on at least one partial element of the housing in such a way that this sub-element or the entire housing can be used as a handle for actuating the mechanical key.
  • the mechanical key can advantageously be made correspondingly small for a user without a corresponding handle structure, as a result of which the space occupied by the mechanical key in the housing is minimized. This favors a recording of the mechanical key in the housing that is not recognizable to an uninformed user.
  • a special embodiment of the key according to the invention provides that the mechanical key can be pushed out of the exception compartment in the direction of its longitudinal axis.
  • the mechanical key is an elongated pin-like element which carries a corresponding key bit.
  • the receiving compartment is also elongated in accordance with the shape of the mechanical key and preferably has a predetermined breaking point or opening on its end facing the key bit tip. If the mechanical key is used, the receiving compartment or the housing is destroyed at a location provided with this predetermined breaking point, whereupon the mechanical key can be pushed out through the opening in the direction of its longitudinal axis, so that the rear part of the mechanical key, the is called the part opposite the key bit, is still located within the receiving compartment or the housing, which preferably bears positively on this.
  • the mechanical key can be pivoted out of the receiving compartment.
  • the mechanical key can be removed from the receiving compartment or the housing in any manner and can be arranged at its end facing away from the key profile in a receptacle of the housing which is designed to match it.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of an electronic key according to the invention in the assembled state
  • FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of the key shown in FIG. 1 in a top view and a side view in the disassembled state
  • Figure 3 shows a second embodiment of the key of Figure 1 in a
  • Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the key of Figure 1 in a
  • Figure 5 shows a fourth embodiment of the key of Figure 1 in one
  • the electronic key 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a cover element 2 and a carrier element 3.
  • the carrier element 3 is partially accommodated in the cover element 2, which is designed as a hollow body that is open on one side. From the carrier element 3, only edge regions and an eyelet 6 are visible, which is useful for fastening the electronic key 1, for example on a key ring.
  • the cover element 2 and the carrier element 3 are provided in their connecting area 9 by means of a tamper-evident seal, not shown, or are physically connected to one another to form a predetermined breaking point.
  • FIGS. 2 to 5 show different embodiments of the arrangement of the mechanical key 4 in the housing formed from the cover element 2 and carrier element 3.
  • Figure 2 shows the cover element 2 and the carrier element 3 of the electronic key 1 in the disassembled state compared to Figure 1 in a plan view and a side view.
  • cover element 2 and support element 3 the original sealing or predetermined breaking point present in the connecting area 9 and not shown in the figures was destroyed.
  • the carrier element 3 has a receiving area 20 which in turn carries a receiving compartment 8 for the mechanical key 4.
  • the receiving area 20 is essentially plate-shaped and serves to accommodate electronic units, not shown, such as a battery, a data processing unit, a transmitting / receiving unit, memory elements, etc. expediently on a circuit board, which ensure the electronic function of the electronic key.
  • the receiving area 20 of the carrier element 3 ends at a stop 7 which, as can be seen in particular in FIG. 1, connects flush to the cover element 2 in the assembled state.
  • the receiving compartment 8 for the mechanical key 4 extends in a lateral region of the receiving region 20 as an elongated cavity in the longitudinal direction of the carrier element 3 and is separated from the remaining receiving region 20 of the carrier element 3 by means of a wall 21 and as a cavity which is closed off from the remaining receiving region 20 educated. It has an opening designed as an elongated hole on the longitudinal side 15.
  • the mechanical key 4 has a beard 5 at one end and a joint 14 on the key shaft 18 opposite the beard 5.
  • Joint 14 is received within the receiving compartment 8.
  • the elongated hole extending along the long side 15 extends into the corner area in the vicinity of the joint 14, so that the mechanical key 4 around the joint
  • the slot provided in the longitudinal side 15 for pivoting out the mechanical key 4 can optionally also be provided with a tamper-evident closure or even completely closed and provided with a predetermined breaking point, so that before the mechanical key 4 is pivoted out of the
  • FIG. 3 shows a further embodiment of the electronic key according to the invention, which essentially corresponds to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
  • the mechanical key 4 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 cannot be swiveled around a joint, but - as is shown in particular in the right-hand area of FIG.
  • an elongated hole 16 is formed, the dimensions of which essentially correspond to the dimensions of the key shaft 18.
  • it is removed from the receiving compartment 8 and inserted with its key shaft 18 into the elongated hole 16 made in the walls 21, as shown in the left area of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 3 shows an alternative to the embodiment of Figure 2 of securing element 3 in the cover element 2.
  • the support element 3 has in the edge region of the receiving area 20 a locking structure 10a, which hooks in the assembled state with a corresponding locking structure 10b, which is provided in the interior of the cover element 2 accordingly is and is indicated in Figure 3.
  • FIG. 4 shows a further alternative embodiment of the mechanical key 4. This is provided on the end of the key shaft 18 with an adapter element 19.
  • the walls 21 of the receiving compartment 8 are shortened compared to the previously described embodiments, so that an area for receiving the adapter element 19 is formed at the end.
  • the mechanical key 4 is removed from the receiving compartment 8 in use in the manner already described above.
  • the adapter element 19 is arranged in the receiving area 20 described above with the mechanical key 4 pivoted through 180 °.
  • FIG. 5 shows a particularly preferred embodiment of the electronic key 1 according to the invention.
  • the receiving compartment 8 is in the lateral area of the receiving area
  • the receiving compartment 8 is opposite
  • Receiving compartment 8 mechanical key 4 has a profile 13 on its key shaft 18.
  • the mechanical key 4 is arranged in the receiving compartment 8 such that his beard 5 is directed in the direction of the end face 11 of the receiving compartment 8.
  • the end face 11 of the receiving compartment 8 can either be provided with an opening which is covered by the cover element 2 when the electronic key 1 is mounted, or alternatively can be closed by a cover provided with a predetermined breaking point or tamper-evident seal. In the latter case, it is necessary to remove this cover before using the mechanical key 4.
  • the predetermined breaking point or the tamper-evident closure is preferably designed such that it is automatically destroyed by the user when the mechanical key 4 is pushed out.
  • the mechanical key 4 is arranged in the receiving compartment 8 such that it can slide in the direction of its longitudinal axis.
  • the profiling 13 means that the mechanical key 4 can be easily displaced in the direction of its longitudinal axis within the receiving compartment 8 by a user. For use, as indicated in FIG. 5, it is pushed out of the receiving compartment 8 by a displacement in the direction of its longitudinal axis until a stop 12 provided on the key shaft 18 abuts a corresponding counter stop on the carrier element 3.
  • the mechanical key 4 When pushed out of the receiving compartment 8, the beard 5 of the mechanical key 4 protrudes far enough from the end face 11 that the mechanical key 4 can be used.
  • the mechanical key 4 is preferably provided with latching means, not shown, which prevent it from being pushed back into the receiving compartment 8 during use.

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L'invention concerne une clé électronique comportant un boîtier dans lequel sont logées une unité de communication pour la commande électronique sans fil d'une installation de fermeture et une clé mécanique (4) pour l'actionnement manuel de l'installation de fermeture. L'invention vise à améliorer une clé électronique de ce type de façon à également permettre son utilisation dans le cadre de grandes installations de fermeture impliquant une multitude d'utilisateurs. Selon l'invention, des autorisations d'accès à certaines zones de l'installation de fermeture peuvent être données à la clé électronique ou lui être retirées de manière très souple et individuelle. Une utilisation non autorisée de la clé mécanique (4) par l'utilisateur est évitée ou au moins clairement reconnaissable, ladite clé mécanique (4) étant entièrement entourée par le boîtier et ne pouvant être utilisée sans l'application d'un autre processus d'ouverture du boîtier.
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