US Patent Issued to KIEKERT on July 21 for "Door lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,051, issued on July 21, was assigned to KIEKERT AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Door lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Andreas Schmitz (Velbert, Germany), Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany) and Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism substantially comprising a rotary latch and a pawl. The door lock further comprises an electromotive opening drive for the locking mechanism and at least one emergency power source for supplying current to the opening drive during the emergency opening of the loc...