Opto-electronic locking assembly for electronic gaming machines

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PATENT NO 12188261
APP PUB NO 20230258022A1
SERIAL NO

18139327

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An electronic gaming machine including a cabinet defining an interior space. The electronic gaming machine also includes a door releasably fastened to the cabinet operable to move between a locked state preventing access to the interior space and an unlocked state permitting access to at least a portion of the interior space. A security housing comprising a locking assembly and an optical switch coupled to a processor. The locking assembly includes an actuator defining a channel. The optical switch comprises a transmitter and a receiver. When the door engages the locking assembly, the actuator is operable to move the channel to align with the transmitter and the receiver to form an optical path between the transmitter and the receiver through the channel and the optical switch is operable to communicate the locked state to at least one of the processor, the server computer, and the gaming system.

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ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDBUILDING A PINNACLE OFFICE PARK 85 EPPING RD NORTH RYDE 2113

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abali, Muharrem Meadowbank, AU 7 1
Chaudhari, Deepak North Parramatta, AU 7 1
Kim, Calvin Baulkham Hills, AU 15 480
Skeen, Jeffrey Cherrybrook, AU 5 0

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