US Patent Issued to AUDI on May 19 for "Locking means for a front flap of a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,055, issued on May 19, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Locking means for a front flap of a motor vehicle" was invented by Andre Schubert (Wellheim, Germany) and Thomas Liepold (Gaimersheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking apparatus for a front flap of a motor vehicle comprises a double-stroke lock, including a first locking element and a second locking element, to mechanically lock the front flap in a closed position and in a locked position; an unlocking element, coupled to the double-stroke lock, to unlock the first locking element by a first stroke and the second locking element by a second stroke s...