ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,206, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle lock" was invented by Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany), Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, Germany), Michael Scholz (Essen, Germany), Andreas Schmitz (Velbert, Germany), Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany) and Manuel Reusch (Dusseldorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, an electromotive drive is provided at least for unlocking the locking mechanism. In addition, a manually loa...