ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,579, issued on May 12, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle with a locking system" was invented by Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany), Michael Scholz (Essen, Germany), Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, Germany) and Uwe Reddmann (Essen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle locking system having a locking mechanism with a rotary catch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary catch can be latched in at least one latching position by means of the pawl in order to hold a lock striker; a control unit; and a pyrotechnic actuator, wherein the pyrotechnic actuator can be activated by means of the control un...