US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Aug. 11 for "Door lock assembly and electrical equipment" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,998, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Door lock assembly and electrical equipment" was invented by Yukun Liu (Dongguan City, China) and Yang Wang (Dongguan City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door lock assembly includes a door lock slider, a slider gear and a bias device. The door lock slider reciprocates in a first linear direction and a second linear direction along the length of the door lock slider. The door lock slider includes a slider body provided with a slider groove in a length direction of the door lock slider body. The slider groove is provided with a slider rack. The...