ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,966, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DORMAKABA SCHWEIZ AG (Wetzikon, Austria).
"Key with a button for an electromechanical locking device" was invented by Marcel Kolliker (Wetzikon, Switzerland), Matthias Joerg (Wetzikon, Switzerland) and Dominik Laib (Wetzikon, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A key for an electromechanical locking device includes a key bow, and with the key bow includes a housing and an, in particular single, button. The housing includes an actuating section for actuating the button and a support section for supporting the actuating section, with the actuating section and the support section being conf...