US Patent Issued to AKWEL VIGO SPAIN S.L on Jan. 28 for "Opening control device with reversible and irreversible inertial safety locking" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,438, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to AKWEL VIGO SPAIN S.L (Vigo Pontevedra, Spain).

"Opening control device with reversible and irreversible inertial safety locking" was invented by Alberto Diez Estevez (Pontevedra, Spain), Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira (Pontevedra, Spain), Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo (Vigo, Spain) and Julio Garcia Rodriguez (Pontevedra, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This device includes a base, a handle lever mounted so as to pivot on the base about an axis, a kinematic chain configured to transmit a movement of the handle lever to a lock of the opening control to unlock the door, an inertial safety membe...