US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on March 17 for "Lock assembly and method of installing the same" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,805, issued on March 17, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Lock assembly and method of installing the same" was invented by Hanna Farag (Jurupa Valley, Calif.) and Jack Zhang (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic lock assembly includes a housing assembly with one or more elastomeric retainers that extend from a rear of the housing assembly. The elastomeric retainers project axially and/or radially from the other components of the housing assembly so as to engage within a bore of a door and facilitate retaining the housing assembly on the door. The elastomeric retainer may...