US Patent Issued to Schlage Lock on Oct. 7 for "Exit device with self-adjusting coupling mechanism" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,540, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Exit device with self-adjusting coupling mechanism" was invented by Matthew S. Graham (Noblesville, Ind.), Gregory Musselman (Indianapolis) and Justin Wenger (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary exit device includes a remote latch mechanism and a transmission assembly operably coupled with the remote latch mechanism. The exit device further includes a pushbar assembly including a drive assembly and a latch control assembly operably coupled with the drive assembly such that the drive assembly is operable to actuate the latch control assemb...