ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,047, issued on April 21, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle latch" was invented by Rob Hunt (Davisburg, Mich.) and Robert Pettengill (Farmington, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle latch, in particular to a motor vehicle door latch, is equipped with an actuating lever chain having at least one actuating lever for opening a locking mechanism. Also provided is a linearly displaceable actuating slide and a sensor that can be acted upon by the actuating lever via the actuating slide. According to the invention, a spring is assigned to the actuating slide such that the sensor is permanent...