US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group on Sept. 16 for "Multifunction hub core for mortise lock and method of assembly" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,185, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Multifunction hub core for mortise lock and method of assembly" was invented by Jarrett Guma (Newington, Conn.) and Eric Palmieri (Rocky Hill, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunction hub core for a mortise lock comprises a mortise lock body having a deadbolt operable by a first control member on the outside of a door and a second control member on the inside of the door, and a deadbolt arm with slots for receiving a hub core. The deadbolt arm is rotatable inside the mortise lock body to move the deadbolt betwee...