ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,052, issued on May 19.
"Automatically-deactivated child safety lock system" was invented by David J. Ebrahimzadeh (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatically-deactivated child safety lock system for use within a vehicle includes: an child lock system configured to selectively disconnect an interior latch controller from a door latch mechanism, thus selectively deactivating the interior latch controller; and an override system configured to receive an override signal from the vehicle and reconnect the interior latch controller with the door latch mechanism, thus reactivating the interior latch controller."
The patent was...