US Patent Issued to Kiekert on Oct. 20 for "Lock for a motor vehicle, in particular a hood or gate lock" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,205, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Lock for a motor vehicle, in particular a hood or gate lock" was invented by Mandya Rajagopal (Wixom, Mich.), Bryan Bishop (Howell, Mich.) and Adrin Wagner (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to a hood lock for a motor vehicle, comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a lock holder cooperating with the locking mechanism, a release lever, wherein the locked locking mechanism can be unlocked by means of the release lever, and wherein the lock holder can be transferred from a main latch posi...