US Patent Issued to Kiekert on Dec. 30 for "Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,923, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Elena Suholutskaja (Dusseldorf, Germany) and Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, the basic construction of which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl as locking mechanism components. Moreover, at least one sensor for sensing the position of the rotary latch and the pawl is implemented. Furthermore, at least one contact element, which is bi...