ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,504, issued on April 1, was assigned to TUSAS-TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).
"Locking mechanism" was invented by Mustafa Bal (Ankara, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking mechanism for a door has a lever that is mounted on the door that can be rotated on the door to enable the door to be opened or closed. A first disc, located on the door, is triggered by moving the lever. A shaft is located on the door in contact with the first disc and moves along an extension direction when the first disc is triggered. A slot is located on the body in the direction that the shaft extends, and into which the shaft ...