US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Sept. 15 for "Handle assembly" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,922, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Handle assembly" was invented by Gang Yu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle assembly for a door having a handle aperture includes a housing, a cover plate and a transmission device. The transmission device can move the cover plate between a closed and open position in response to an electronic signal and, when the cover plate is in the closed position, moving it to the open position by a pushing force from outside. In the handle system, the cover plate is driven by the motor, thus the handle assembly can be electrically connected to t...