US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on Nov. 4 for "Alignment guide for a door handle assembly" (California, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,444, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Alignment guide for a door handle assembly" was invented by Jeanette Vy Bui (Lake Forest, Calif.), Michael Winardi (Chino Hills, Calif.), Lynthia Li (Middleton, Wis.) and Gerald Chong (Middleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door handle assembly includes an interior chassis, an exterior chassis, and an alignment guide. The interior chassis includes an interior trim portion, an interior handle mount rotatably attached to the interior trim portion, and an interior spindle portion rotatable with the interior handle mount. The exterio...