ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,154, issued on June 3, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).
"Wireless lockset with touch activation" was invented by Alan Uyeda (Irvine, Calif.), Michael Maridakis (Garden Grove, Calif.), Jerome F. Czerwinski Jr. (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Elliott B. Scheider (Foothill Ranch, Calif.), Troy M. Brown (Lake Forest, Calif.) and David K J Kim (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless electromechanical lock with one or more of an internal antenna, touch activation, and/or a light communication device that acts as a user interface. In some embodiments, the lock utilizes an antenna near ...