ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,577, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to iLOQ Oy (Oulu, Finland).
"Electromechanical lock and method" was invented by Vaino Tikkanen (Oulu, Finland) and Mika Piirainen (Oulu, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes: switching (1202), in a magnetically-operated actuator, between a first mechanical state and a second mechanical state using either a first internal magnetization configuration or a second internal magnetization configuration; after the switching (1202), measuring (1204), by a magnetic sensor, a prevailing magnetic field caused by the magnetically-operated actuator, testing (1206) the prevailing magnetic fi...