Product Design

Haven Smart Door Locks

Design, prototyping, and production launch of HavenMech and HavenConnect threshold-mounted door braces for a Nashville startup.

Customer
Haven
Industry
Security
Service
Product Design
Render of the HAVEN lock, a low brace that mounts on the floor behind a door

The challenge

  • A Nashville home-security startup needed to bring its first products to market quickly
  • Threshold-mounted door braces far stronger than a traditional deadbolt

What APTUS did

  • Provided a full staff of experienced designers
  • Design, testing, and prototyping (mechanical and electrical)
  • Supplier coordination and production start-up support

Results

  • HavenMech and HavenConnect brought to market
  • Render of the HAVEN lock with its blue stop raised
  • The HAVEN lock installed at the base of a door on a wood floor
  • An early electronics prototype for the lock, wired on a hand-built board
  • A wooden test rig built in the APTUS shop to load-test the lock

What went into it

  • Mechanical DesignThe parts and mechanisms that make it work.
  • Electrical DesignPower, wiring, and circuits, safe and easy to service.
  • PrototypingWorking models you can hold, test, and show.
  • Testing & ValidationProving it works before it ships.
  • Documentation & SourcingDrawings, parts lists, and suppliers, ready to go.
  • Production SupportWe stay with you through launch and beyond.
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