US Patent Issued to ZHONGSHAN META INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY on May 27 for "Lock with multiple switchable operating modes" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,837, issued on May 27, was assigned to ZHONGSHAN META INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Lock with multiple switchable operating modes" was invented by Jian Chen (Guangdong, China), Xifeng Wang (Guangdong, China) and Jun Li (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock with multiple switchable operating modes has a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, a moving member can trigger a first switch member, so that a control module can control the electric clutch mechanism to work only when receiving specific identification information, thereby limiting a condition that...