ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,280, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Transform SR Brands LLC (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).

"Redundant actuation lock decoupling system and methods of use" was invented by Brian Todd Reese (St. Charles, Ill.) and Cody Lyle Mayer (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A redundant actuation lock apparatus includes an interface, an electronic mechanism, and a manual mechanism. The interface manipulates lock bar(s) into a locked/unlocked position. The electronic mechanism includes an actuator and power drive. The actuator is disengageably coupled to and drives the interface. The power drive is coupled to and drives the actuator in response...