US Patent Issued to DORMAKABA SCHWEIZ on July 21 for "Electromechanical locking device" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,038, issued on July 21, was assigned to DORMAKABA SCHWEIZ AG (Wetzikon, Switzerland).

"Electromechanical locking device" was invented by Franco Di Sario (Wetzikon, Switzerland) and Markus Zahner (Wetzikon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical locking device for a closure element includes a stator, a rotor, a locking element and a blocking element, wherein the rotor is mounted in the stator, wherein the locking element is movable between two positions, wherein a starting position and a release position can be assumed by the blocking element. In the starting position, the blocking element prevents a movement ...