ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,426, issued on May 20, was assigned to WAFERLOCK Corp. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Electronic cabinet lock" was invented by Chih-Min Lien (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic cabinet lock includes a handgrip pivotably connected with a housing unit, a swingable member swingably disposed on the handgrip, and first and second magnet members disposed on the handgrip and the swingable member and constantly attractive with each other. A latch member is controlled by a control unit to move in the up-down direction to be disposed forwardly of and abut against an upper end of the swingable member. A lock cylinder unit is di...