ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,995, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).
"Return spring assembly for a lock" was invented by Gerado Pereo Arvayo (West Haven, Conn.), David Martinez Diaz (Tlaquepaque, Mexico), Andrew S. Geraci (Middlefield, Conn.) and Marisol Mael Lara Gomez (Guadalajara, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A return spring assembly for a door handle of a door lock is provided. According to some embodiments, the return spring assembly may include a spring cartridge and a hub plate. The hub plate may be removably connected to the spring cartridge and configured to rehand the lock by...