US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on Oct. 27 for "Rekeyable lock cylinder with enhanced torque resistance" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,616, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Rekeyable lock cylinder with enhanced torque resistance" was invented by Hanna Farag (Riverside, Calif.), Jack Zhang (Xiamen, China), Mark S. Bloom (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and James Lin (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rekeyable lock cylinder with a cylinder body and a plug assembly. The lock cylinder includes a plurality of key followers and a corresponding plurality of racks disposed in the plug assembly. The lock cylinder includes, for example, a locking bar for blocking rotation of the plug assembly with respect...