ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,306, issued on April 7, was assigned to TAIWAN FU HSING INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

"Electric lock and control method thereof" was invented by I-Chang Shih (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Shih-Min Lu (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Pi-Shun Chang (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and Yen-Tang Lin (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric lock includes an input unit, a main controller electrically connected to the input unit, a driving module, a motor connected to the driving module, and a motor controller independent of the main controller and storing control parameters of the motor. The main controller includes ...