ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,549, issued on June 17, was assigned to TONG LUNG METAL INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Chiayi County, Taiwan).
"Electronic lock" was invented by Pai-Hsiang Chuang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Yu Lin (Chiayi, Taiwan), Chun-Yi Fang (Yunlin County, Taiwan), Ding-Sian Cai (Chiayi County, Taiwan), Chen-Ming Lin (Chiayi County, Taiwan) and Ruei-Jie Jeng (Chiayi County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic lock includes a deadbolt, a driver mechanism, a transmission mechanism and a control mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes a transmission gear that is driven by the driver mechanism to rotate, a resilient unit that is mounted to and ...