ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,545, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DORMAKABA SCHWEIZ AG (Wetzikon, Switzerland).
"Locking device for a closure element" was invented by Marcel Kolliker (Wetzikon, Switzerland), Franco Di Sario (Wetzikon, Switzerland) and Markus Zahner (Wetzikon, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barrier device for a locking device is provided with a stator and with a rotor as two components and with a barrier element. The rotor is mounted in the stator. The barrier element is mounted in a first component of the components and can be moved between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the barrier element engages ...