US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group on Feb. 24 for "Door lock assembly with self adjusting spindles" (Connecticut, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,968, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Door lock assembly with self adjusting spindles" was invented by Rick Leites (West Haven, Conn.), Eric Palmieri (Rocky Hill, Conn.), Sharath Ramachandran (New Haven, Conn.), Scott Morstatt (Maryville, Tenn.) and Douglas Clark (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door lock system that adjusts to doors of different thicknesses. The door lock system may include self-adjusting spindles that engage and center a lock body in a door. The spindles may exert equal and opposing forces that center the lock body within th...