ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,578, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ABUS August Bremicker Sohne KG (Wetter-Volmarstein, Germany).
"Electromechanical lock" was invented by Michel Wehr (Willingen, Germany) and Bernd Weiershausen (Rehe, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical lock includes an electromechanical locking mechanism and a control circuit, wherein an associated counter-piece is locked by way of the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a latch, an entrainer that is rotatable about an axis of rotation for driving the latch, and an electric motor for driving the entrainer, wherein the latch is moveable between a locking position a...