ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,156, issued on June 3, was assigned to SHENZHEN KAADAS INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Driving mechanism for door lock, and door lock" was invented by Qiyun Su (Guangdong, China) and Zhongxiang Liang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a driving mechanism for a door lock and a door lock. The driving mechanism includes a motor, a planet gear assembly and a holding frame. The planet gear assembly includes a gear ring, a planet gear and a sun gear. The motor is rotatably coupled to the sun gear. The gear ring defines a receiving space. The planet gear and part of the sun g...