US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on June 23 for "Securing arrangement for a flap or cover of a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,855, issued on June 23, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Securing arrangement for a flap or cover of a vehicle" was invented by Marcus Knechtel (Kirchheim, Germany), Arne Koehler (Pliening, Germany) and Ulrich Koestler (Hebertshausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking arrangement for a vehicle includes at least two locks for locking a flap or cover, in particular a single flap or cover, of the vehicle, and an opening device with an actuating device, in particular a single actuating device, for unlocking the two locks. The opening device is designed."

The patent was filed on Aug. 24, 2022, under A...