US Patent Issued to Master Lock on Jan. 28 for "Retrofit battery module" (North Carolina, Connecticut, Georgia, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,011, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Master Lock Co. LLC (Oak Creek, Wis.).

"Retrofit battery module" was invented by Darren Learmonth (Austin, Texas), Jason Williams (Atlanta), Garrett Lovejoy (Madison, N.C.) and Martin Huddart (New Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed here in is a retrofit device compatible with existing electronic locks, the device including a housing, one or more rechargeable batteries capable of providing power to the device, the existing electronic lock, and one or more accessories, and a module enabling wireless communication with one or more external electronic devices. The device is confi...