ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,195, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).
"Strike plate with bolt sensing feature" was invented by Nedal Almomani (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Chasen Beck (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Matthew Lovett (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly includes a sensor located within an opening formed in a strike box of the strike assembly. The sensor, which could be an optical, mechanical, continuity, inductive, ultrasonic, and/or mechanical sensor, is configured to detect whether the bolt of the bolt assembly is encompassed by the strike box. The sensor assembly is c...