ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,064, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions AB (Stockholm).
"Lock arrangement and lock device" was invented by Harald Vestol (Kolbotn, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock arrangement comprising an operating element including an engageable feature and rotatable around a rotation axis; a blocking element arranged to adopt a blocked position and an unblocked position; a stop; a control element rotatable around a control axis between a locked position where the control element contacts the stop, and an unlocked position; an intermediate element rotatably connected to the control element and the blocking e...