ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,250, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).
"Automatic biometric door lock" was invented by Ferdinand San Juan (Santo Tomas, Philippines), Aireen Perez (Santa Rosa, Philippines), Christian Paule Hribar (Calamba, Philippines), Maricar Inocencio (Mandaluyong, Philippines) and Aristotle Tuzon (Calamba, Philippines).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door locking system for a galley insert oven. The system includes a primary latch that is moved by a user in use to open the oven door and a secondary latch provided inside the oven. The system also includes a biometric device installed relative to the prim...