ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,927, issued on July 29, was assigned to Glue AB (Stockholm).
"Smart lock" was invented by Edward King (London) and Andoni Villarreal (Coulsdon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart lock for securing a closure is provided. The smart lock comprises: a drive train for actuating a lock mechanism between a first mechanical end stop and a second mechanical end stop, corresponding to an unlocked position and a locked position or vice-versa; an electric actuator arranged to drive the drive train to actuate the lock mechanism; a position sensor arranged to output a location signal indicative of a position of the drive train; a...