ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,729, issued on July 28, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle lock" was invented by Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany), Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, Germany), Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany), Andreas Schmitz (Velbert, Germany), Michael Scholz (Essen, Germany) and Andreas Ziganki (Mettmann, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock has a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, an electric drive and a gear mechanism arranged downstream of the electric drive, a lock housing with at least one housing cover, a cover cap and a housing shell, wherein at least one dry space ...