US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group on Feb. 3 for "Universal electronic latch retraction mechanism" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,489, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Universal electronic latch retraction mechanism" was invented by Michael Lorello (Guilford, Conn.), Ryan Piantek (Higganum, Conn.), Richard D. Sangster Jr. (Madison, Conn.) and Ian Sweeney (North Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic latch retraction mechanism for an exit device may include an actuator including an output shaft coupled to a crank head, where the crank head is configured to rotate between first and second rotational positions. The electronic latch retraction mechanism may also include a crank...