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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,053, issued on May 19, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Michael Scholz (Essen, Germany), Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, Germany), Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany), Thomas Waldmann (Mulheim, Germany) and Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, 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 consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl as locking mechanism components. In addition, a latching element, which is mounted on the rotary latch and/or the pawl so as...