US Patent Issued to Schlage Lock on April 14 for "Lock with override mechanism" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,202, issued on April 14, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Lock with override mechanism" was invented by Shivalingaswamy M. Revanasiddaiah (Bangalore, India), Naresh Paddillaya (Mangalore, India), Achyuta Dhanvantri (Bangalore, India) and Ravi Telang (Bidar, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example lock apparatus generally includes a housing, a latch spindle, a drive spindle, an electronic lock mechanism, and an override mechanism. The latch spindle is mounted for rotation relative to the housing, and is operable to actuate a latch mechanism. The drive spindle is mounted for rotation relative to the housin...