ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,694, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).

"Arrangement for lock device, lock device comprising arrangement, and method" was invented by Johan Von Matern (Taby, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement (10, 82) for locking and unlocking a lock device (58, 74), the arrangement (10, 82) comprising a transfer element (12) movable between a protruded position (42) and a retracted position (56); a core member (14) of soft magnetic material, the core member (14) comprising a coil section (20); an electric coil (16) wound around the coil section (20); and a blocking member (48) comprising a magnet (18), the...