ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,071, issued on June 3, was assigned to TONG LUNG METAL INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Minxiong Township, Taiwan).
"Electronic lock" was invented by Pai-Hsiang Chuang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Jui-Chieh Cheng (Chiayi County, Taiwan), Chen-Ming Lin (Chiayi County, Taiwan), Ding-Sian Cai (Chiayi County, Taiwan), Chun-Yi Fang (Yunlin County, Taiwan) and Matt Zimmer (Lake Forest, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic lock includes a lock assembly configured to switch between a locking state and an unlocking state, and a control unit electrically connected to the lock assembly. The control unit includes an operation panel configured to receiv...