ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,424, issued on May 20, was assigned to Southco Inc. (Concordville, Pa.).
"Electronic lock" was invented by David Gray Judah (Philadelphia) and Christopher Todd Gahring (Wynnewood, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic lock for securing a door or access panel. The electronic lock includes a housing and a plunger that is moveably mounted to the housing between a latched position of the electronic lock and an unlatched position of the electronic lock. A rotator is rotatably mounted to the housing between an unlocked position and a locked position. In the locked position of the rotator, the plunger is prevented from moving to ...