ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,141, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"Magnetic door latch assembly" was invented by Joseph M. Fulk (Lexington, N.C.), John C. Lovingood (Clemmons, N.C.) and Lyle T. Davis (Pfafftown, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic door latch assembly includes a magnetic receiver mountable in a door and a latch subassembly mountable in a door jamb. The latch subassembly includes at least one spring-loaded bolt magnetically drawn to the magnetic receiver such that, when the door is closed, the at least one spring-loaded bolt automatically extends to engage the magnetic receiver to maintain th...