US Patent Issued to Kiekert on June 23 for "Electromotive drive unit for motor vehicle applications" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,853, issued on June 23, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Electromotive drive unit for motor vehicle applications" was invented by Robert J. Hunt (Davisburg, Mich.), Scott Brown (Livonia, Mich.) and Thorsten Bendel (Oberhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromotive drive unit is provided for motor vehicle applications, in particular a closing drive for a motor vehicle lock, preferably a motor vehicle door lock. For this purpose, the drive unit is provided with an electromotive drive and a Bowden cable. The Bowden cable couples the electromotive drive to an actuating element acted upon thereby. The...