ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,847, issued on April 7, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Electromotive locking unit for an electrical charging device of a motor vehicle" was invented by Benjamin Djedovic (Oberhausen, Germany) and Tim Sonnenschein (Wuppertal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromotive locking unit for an electrical charging device of a motor vehicle, in particular an electric or hybrid motor vehicle. The locking unit is equipped with an electric motor and a transmission connected downstream thereof and furthermore with a locking element, which can be linearly applied by the transmission, for detachably locking a char...