US Patent Issued to Kiekert on March 31 for "Motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,475, issued on March 31, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Robert S. Pettengill (Farmington, Mich.) and Robert J. Hunt (Davisburg, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock comprising a locking mechanism having substantially a rotary latch and pawl as locking mechanism components, further comprising a closing device having at least one drive and a lever chain actuated thereby, and having a drive pawl following the lever chain for driving an associated locking mechanism component, wherein a means for interrupting the drive ...