US Patent Issued to SimpliSafe on July 14 for "Door lock with clutch" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,343, issued on July 14, was assigned to SimpliSafe Inc. (Boston).

"Door lock with clutch" was invented by Yong Zhao (Medford, Mass.), Kwok Chu Lee (Fanling, China) and Kwok Tung Law (Fanling, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door lock that includes a clutch mechanically arranged between a drive motor and a lock drive with the clutch having a clutch gear that is movable between engaged and disengaged positions to selectively couple and uncouple the drive motor from the lock drive from the drive motor. The clutch gear may be movable along a pathway between engaged and disengaged positions, e.g., in a direction perpendicular to a ...