US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY on Sept. 16 for "Coupling arrangement for lock device, and lock device" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,184, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).

"Coupling arrangement for lock device, and lock device" was invented by Kaj Niegmann (Hagersten, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coupling arrangement for a lock device, the coupling arrangement comprising an input and an output element rotatable about a rotation axis; an engaging member movable between a first and second position; an electric motor arranged to affect movement of the engaging member between the first and second positions; a coupling member rotationally locked to the input element and axially movable relative to the input element between a decou...