US Patent Issued to Roche Diabetes Care on March 11 for "Dual action door mechanism for a battery compartment" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,730, issued on March 11, was assigned to Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Dual action door mechanism for a battery compartment" was invented by Michel A. Cadio (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock mechanism for a compartment has been developed. The lock mechanism includes a deformable arm affixed to a housing of the compartment and positioned within the compartment. The deformable arm includes a first end configured to be biased into a first position to engage a latch of a door of the compartment to prevent the latch from opening, and a receiving surface configured to receive an external force to move the def...