ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,384, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Fidlock GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Magnetic locking device with hold-open mechanism" was invented by Joachim Fiedler (Hannover, Germany), Lisa Rehbock (Hannover, Germany), Philip Naftali (Hod Hasharon, Israel), Izik Moalem (Yarkona, Israel), Jan Breite (Hannover, Germany) and Bruno Winter (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a closure device for closing an opening having at least one first closure part and at least one second closure part interact, in a magnetically attracting manner, in such a way that the opening is closed in a closed position of the closure device, a...