ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,789, issued on March 25, 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: "A driving mechanism for a door lock and a door lock are provided. The driving mechanism includes a motor, a planetary gear assembly, and a cage. The planetary gear assembly includes a ring gear, a planet gear, and a sun gear. The motor is rotatably connected to the ring gear. The planet gear is further rotatably connected to the sun gear. The planet gear is connecte...