ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,282, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).
"Actuating device for lock device, and lock device" was invented by Kaj Niegmann (Hagersten, Sweden) and Johan Von Matern (Taby, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating device (12a, 12b, 12c) for a lock device (10) comprising a stationary structure (90) having a credential receiver (40) for receiving a credential input (42) from a user; an actuating element (16) rotatable about an actuation axis (18) relative to the stationary structure by direct manipulation by the user, where the stationary structure is arranged at least partly inside the actuating elemen...