ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,691, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT Corp. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"Automatic unlocking system for IT cabinet" was invented by Le Wang (Shanghai), Bo Liu (Shanghai), MingJi Chen (Shanghai), JinNan Shen (Shanghai) and Guanglin Zhu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic unlocking system for an IT equipment rack includes a handle assembly mounted on a door of the IT equipment rack. The handle assembly includes a handle and a cam coupled to the handle. The system further includes an unlock assembly mounted on a wall of the IT equipment rack. The unlock assembly includes a unlock mechanism having at least...