US Patent Issued to Kiekert on May 19 for "Motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,054, issued on May 19, 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.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle side door lock, having a locking mechanism consisting of a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a closing device having at least one drive pawl for driving the rotary latch, wherein the drive pawl can be brought into engagement with the rotary latch a lock housing, and wherein the drive pawl can be disengaged from the rotary latch by actuation of a release lever."...