ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,243, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Hanchett Entry Systems Inc. (Phoenix).
"Power controller for a door lock and method of conserving power" was invented by Randall Shaffer (Phoenix) and David Corbin (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power control system for use with an electric lock mechanism including an actuator having a coil with a particular coil impedance. The power control system comprises a power supply configured to provide an output voltage having a drive current to the actuator, a credential device powered by the power supply and configured to signal the power supply to provide the output voltage upon receiving...