US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on March 24 for "Latch assembly with removable battery" (Florida, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,330, issued on March 24, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Latch assembly with removable battery" was invented by Matthew Hill (Aumsville, Ore.), Anthony Pettigrew (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Eric Chang (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Christopher Marks (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) and Patrick Sweeney (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical door latch assembly includes a housing and a bolt movably attached to the housing having a catch portion. A drive motor is located within the housing and is configured to selectively move a lock assembly between a locked position preventing move...