ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,072, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & Co. KGAA (Nabburg, Germany).
"Door lock mechanism for domestic appliances" was invented by Matthias Bauer (Schmidgaden, Germany), Tobias Neugebauer (Regensburg, Germany), Albert Dirnberger (Neunburg vorm Wald, Germany), Georg SpieBl (Altendorf, Germany), Dominik Walz (Nabburg, Germany) and Roland Schrodel (Reichenschwand, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door lock mechanism for domestic appliances with a guide element which can be engaged behind by at least one pivotable, resiliently mounted lever arm for locking a door of the domestic appliance is disclosed. This doo...