ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,581, issued on Aug. 26.
"Electric lock with electric and manual unlock mode" was invented by Yi-Fan Liao (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric lock with electric and manual unlock mode, comprising: a case combining with a side plate and a case cover; a latch bolt, a latch bolt shaft and a latch bolt spring, the front end of the latch bolt shaft is combined with a blocking member, and the blocking member uses the elastic force of the latch bolt spring to stick out of the side plate to lock, when the external force applied to the latch bolt shaft is sufficient to resist the elastic force of the latch bolt spring, ...