ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,552, issued on June 17, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Lock module with mechanical override" was invented by Aditya Heblikar (Ballari, India), Nagesh Varadaraju (Bangalore, India) and Saagar Mohammed (Alappuzha, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary apparatus includes a housing, a lock mechanism mounted to the housing, an electromechanical driver, a first override mechanism, and a second override mechanism. The electromechanical driver is mounted to the housing and is operable to unlock the lock mechanism. The first override mechanism is movably mounted to the housing and is operable to unlock the l...