ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,732, issued on July 28, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Carsten Fuchs (Essen, 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 is equipped with a locking mechanism made substantially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, an electromotive drive and an actuating lever mechanism with at least one release lever and a control lever are implemented. The drive can operate both on the release lever for opening the locking mechanism and the control lever. According to the invention, a ...