ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,835, issued on May 27, was assigned to Sphinx Electronics GmbH &Co KG (Kenzingen, Germany).
"Self-adjusting locking piece for a locking unit" was invented by Pascal Bodechon (Ettenheim, Germany) and Sebastian Stumpp (Winden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking piece for a locking unit includes a housing having a housing opening. A locking arm, which engages through the housing opening, is mounted so as to be displaceable, in a direction at a right angle to its longitudinal direction, in the housing opening. A slide is guided displaceably in the housing in the displacement direction of the locking arm and is motion-couple...