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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,477, issued on March 31, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Manuel Reusch (Dusseldorf, 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 substantially comprising a rotary latch and a pawl. In addition, an electrical opening drive is provided for the locking mechanism as well as an emergency actuating element for manual emergency opening of the locking mechanism. According to the invention, the emergency actuating element is designed in a first vari...