US Patent Issued to KIEKERT on July 21 for "Lock for a motor vehicle" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,049, issued on July 21, was assigned to KIEKERT AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Lock for a motor vehicle" was invented by Robert J. Hunt (Davisburg, Mich.) and Dimo Kloubert (Bonn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock for a motor vehicle, in particular a side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism consisting of a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the locking mechanism parts are each rotatably mounted in a lock case by means of a metal spindle, and a reinforcement plate, wherein the spindles of the rotary latch and at least one pawl can be connected by means of the reinforcement plate, and wherein the reinforcement ...