US Patent Issued to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC on Oct. 14 for "Electric lock and control method thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,219, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT Corp. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"Electric lock and control method thereof" was invented by Bo Liu (Shanghai), Le Wang (Shanghai), MingJi Chen (Shanghai), JinNan Shen (Shanghai), Xinfu Liu (Shanghai) and Huafeng Song (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock includes a latch and electromagnet configured to open the latch in response to a voltage being applied across the electromagnet. The lock includes a normally closed switch configured to open in response to the voltage being applied across the electromagnet. The lock includes a normally open switch configured to close in r...