US Patent Issued to Southco on March 4 for "Electronic latch" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,281, issued on March 4, was assigned to Southco Inc. (Concordville, Pa.).

"Electronic latch" was invented by Ingobert Gunter Stein (Worcester, Great Britain) and Nicholas Paul Bennett (Worcestershire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch for capturing a striker. The latch includes a pawl mounted to rotate between a closed position and an open position, the pawl being biased to rotate toward the open position and configured to capture the striker when in the closed position. A trigger is mounted to rotate about a first axis between a locked position and an unlocked position, the trigger being biased to rotate toward th...