US Patent Issued to Tyco Fire & Security on Aug. 18 for "Electronic locking system with mechanical override and keyless locking system" (South Carolina, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,917, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Electronic locking system with mechanical override and keyless locking system" was invented by Philip J. Ufkes (Sullivan's Island, S.C.), Matthew Frank Trapani (Deerfield, Ill.), Matthew Paul (Palatine, Ill.) and Steven J. Malone (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic access control system comprising an electronic lock assembly and a keyed lock assembly configured to mechanically override at least one locking component of the electronic lock assembly. In certain embodiments, the electronic lock assembly ...