ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,112, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).

"Mechanisms, assemblies and electronic locking system" was invented by Anders Coster (Stockholm), Daniel Skarp (Enebyberg, Sweden), Robin McGougan (Bollnas, Sweden), Henrik Svensson (Bromma, Sweden) and Bernt Arbegard (Altura, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Release mechanism for an electronic locking system, wherein the release mechanism is configured such that an input member and an output member are locked against relative rotation and can rotate together within a locking ring opening when a locking member is located in an input member recess and in an ou...