US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on Oct. 27 for "Illuminating door handle" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,806, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Illuminating door handle" was invented by Elena Gorkovenko (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Steven Andrew Moore (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Oscar Romero (Lake Forest, Calif.), Kevin Pasma (Lake Forest, Calif.) and David Downey (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door handle includes a handle body with an interior cavity, the interior cavity having an opening. The door handle includes an at least semi-translucent cover to substantially enclose the opening and the interior cavity. The door handle includes a light-emitting diode. The l...