ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,562, issued on June 17, was assigned to The Eastern Co. (Naugatuck, Conn.).
"Electro-mechanically locking compression latch" was invented by Matthew Schroll (Glendale Heights, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking compression latch that can be changed from a locked state to an unlocked state either mechanically by turning an appropriate key in a key plug or electrically by an electric signal. Once in an unlocked condition, the compression latch can be opened by rotating a latch lever that disengages a protrusion on the latch lever from a striker mounted on the base of the compression latch. The compression latch can be change...