ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,204, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ABUS August Bremicker Sohne KG (Wetter-Volmarstein, Germany).
"Portable electronic lock" was invented by Martin Burk (Breidenbach, Germany) and Christian Johannes Jerger (Dortmund, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic lock comprises a lock body and a securing part that is movable relative to the lock body between a closed position and an open position, wherein the lock body comprises an electromechanical locking device that has an electric motor having a rotor, a latch coupled to the rotor, and a control circuit. The latch can be electrically driven by means of the elect...