ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,544, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DIRAK Dieter Ramsauer Konstruktionselemente GmbH (Ennepetal, Germany).
"Magnetically coded lock" was invented by Noah Fassbender (Sprockhovel, Germany) and Peter Hoschler (Velbert, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock, in particular sash lock, with a lock housing and with a lock core rotatably mounted in the lock housing. The lock core, at a first end accessible from a front side of the lock, is formed for torque-transmitting attachment of a key, in particular a socket key. The lock has blocking means, which, when the key is removed, block rotation of the lock core in the lock housing be...