ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,872, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Lock drive assemblies" was invented by Sundar Raj Dore Vasudevan (Bangalore, India), Dilip Bangaru (Bangalore, India) and Adam M. Litwinski (Centennial, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative motor drive assembly is configured for use in a lockset comprising a case, a longitudinally movable link, and a catch configured to move among a locking position and an unlocking position in response to longitudinal movement of the link. The illustrative motor drive assembly includes a longitudinally extending shaft comprising a worm, a motor operable t...