ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,050, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to RESIDEO LLC (Golden Valley, Minn.).
"Tamper detection" was invented by Doon Chen (Shanghai), Yongjun Chen (Shanghai) and Juanchun Peng (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a housing, a tamper switch supported at the housing, and an actuation arm supported at the housing. The actuation arm includes an actuation column. The actuation arm is movable between a tamper switch engaged position and a tamper switch released position. In the tamper switch engaged position, the actuation column contacts the tamper switch and the actuation arm is at a first angle relative to the tamper ...