EP 0299642 B1 19920325 - ELECTROSTATICALLY ACTIVATED GATING MECHANISM
Title (en)
ELECTROSTATICALLY ACTIVATED GATING MECHANISM
Publication
Application
Priority
US 7426187 A 19870716
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0299642A1] An electromechanical gating mechanism (10) comprises an electrical energy generating system for generating electrical energy in response to and utilizing energy derived from mechanical motion consciously generated by an intelligent agency. An electronic decision making apparatus (24) is solely powered by the electrical energy generated by the electrical energy generating device. The decision making apparatus (24), which may include a non-volatile memory, is adapted to receive information, to make one of a set of possible decisions based on the information and on its logic and/or data in its memory and to generate a specific low power electrical output in response to a selected one of the set of possible decisions being made. A mechanical gate (28) has at least two positions. An electrical to mechanical energy conversion device (27) serves for converting electrostatically the low power electrical output into a minute mechanical force/movement and for applying the minute mechanical force/movement to position the gate in a selected one of its positions.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
E05B 49/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07C 9/00658 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0062 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0299642 A1 19890118; EP 0299642 B1 19920325; AT E74178 T1 19920415; AU 1850888 A 19890127; DE 3869502 D1 19920430; JP S6490375 A 19890406
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 88305850 A 19880628; AT 88305850 T 19880628; AU 1850888 A 19880701; DE 3869502 T 19880628; JP 16785588 A 19880707