ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,229, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH (Vienna).
"Door gap lock" was invented by Werner Fuchs (Lannach, Austria), Roland Heggemann (Erfinder verstorben, Germany) and Johannes Windhager (Sodingberg, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door gap lock includes a door leaf part that is configured to be arranged on a door leaf and that has an axially slidably mounted locking bolt, and includes a frame part that is configured to be arranged on a door frame and has a rotatably mounted pivot lever, where the locking bolt can be slid into a guide on the pivot lever and, during a relative movement between the...