US Patent Issued to Kiekert on April 7 for "Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle side door lock" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,689, issued on April 7, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle side door lock" was invented by Robert J. Hunt (Davisburg, Mich.) and Scott Brown (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle door lock having a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary latch can be engaged in at least one engaging position by means of the pawl; a release lever, wherein the locking mechanism can be transferred from the engaging position to a release position by means of the release lever; an electrical drive unit and an actuating lever, ...