US Patent Issued to Siemens on July 14 for "Device for locking an assembly, and system for locking different assemblies" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,096, issued on July 14, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Device for locking an assembly, and system for locking different assemblies" was invented by Ekkehard Plechinger (Rockersbuhl, Germany) and Alexander Fanderl (Riedenburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for locking an assembly includes an actuator having a first shape and a second shape, and a locking element. When the actuator has its first shape it moves the locking element into a blocking position in order to block the assembly, and when the actuator has its second shape, it moves the locking element into a release position in order to release the assemb...