ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,808, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle lock" was invented by Madhu Basavarajappa (Leverkusen, 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 has a lever arrangement consisting of at least two levers. The two levers are supported coaxially with respect to each other on a common bearing pin. The bearing pin is anchored in a lock housing. According to the invention, the bearing pin consists of at least two parts, namely a plug-in pin and a plug-in pin receptacle. Each bearing pin part is provided with one stop which together ...