US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on April 14 for "Lockset with door open and close sensing" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,200, issued on April 14, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Lockset with door open and close sensing" was invented by Kevin Pasma (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic lockset assembly is configured to determine whether or not a door is open or closed before the lockset actuates a bolt. In one aspect, a wireless electronic lockset is disclosed. The wireless electronic lockset includes a processing unit, a bolt movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, a motor actuatable by the processing unit to move the bolt between the locked and unlocked position...