ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,980, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Glue AB (Stockholm).
"Smart lock" was invented by Edward King (London) and Andoni Villarreal (Coulsdon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart lock for securing a closure is provided. The smart lock comprises: a drive train for actuating a lock mechanism between an unlocked positon and a locked position; an actuator arranged to drive the drive train to actuate the lock mechanism; a position sensor arranged to output a location signal indicative of a position of the drive train; a manual actuator arranged to drive the drive train to actuate the lock mechanism; and a movement sensor...