US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group on Sept. 23 for "Door lock assembly with safeguarding against bypassing" (Connecticut, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,759, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Door lock assembly with safeguarding against bypassing" was invented by Rick Leites (West Haven, Conn.), Eric Palmieri (Rocky Hill, Conn.), Sharath Ramachandran (New Haven, Conn.), Scott Morstatt (Maryville, Tenn.) and Douglas Clark (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock portion of an electronic door lock system includes a first housing and a second housing secured to a backplate of the first housing. The second housing is secured to a first surface of the backplate and only accessible from a second surfa...