ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,815, issued on March 17, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle and use of a traction battery" was invented by Thorsten Bendel (Oberhausen, Germany), Armin Handke (Duisburg, Germany) and Tobias Klocke (Mettmann, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle, in particular electric motor vehicle or hybrid motor vehicle, which is equipped with at least one electromotively actuable motor vehicle lock, and with at least one on-board battery and with an emergency battery for application of an electromotive drive of the motor vehicle lock during normal operation and during emergency operation. Accordin...