ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,635, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Bolt actuation assembly" was invented by Rakshith R. Nayak (Mysuru, India), Vishal Salitkumar Kusanale (Bangalore, India), Mahesha Appaji (Bengaluru, India) and Brady Plummer (Fishers, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary method includes operating an access control device including a bolt, an output gear having a magnet mounted thereon, a first magnetic sensor, and a second magnetic sensor. The method generally includes selectively determining a position of the output gear via one of the first magnetic sensor or the second magnetic sensor based...