US Patent Issued to INVENTIO on Feb. 17 for "Sliding-door system" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,261, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Sliding-door system" was invented by Jonas Vonaesch (Lucerne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding-door system includes a sliding door, a door frame, and a locking system, wherein in a locked state, a first latch engages in an engagement notch of an anchor body locking the sliding door, and a bolt engages on the anchor body in an engagement region to prevent the anchor body from rotating about a rotational axis. An actuator moves the bolt out of the engagement region to switch the locking system from the locked state into an open state by r...