US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Oct. 20 for "Door lock assembly" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,207, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Door lock assembly" was invented by Yang Wang (Dongguan City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door lock assembly, including a cam, a slider and a pin assembly. The cam can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise about a camshaft, and the slider fits and engages with the cam, so when the cam rotates, the slider reciprocates in the length direction of the slider with the rotation. The slider is provided with a movement guide groove which defines a conventional movement path including a first and second segment of the conventional movement path. An e...