ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,445, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle locking device" was invented by Armin Handke (Duisburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle locking device is equipped with a coupling arrangement consisting essentially of an actuating lever and a release lever that can be coupled releasably thereto. The actuating lever and the release lever can be coupled to one another starting from an uncoupled basic position by a two-stroke actuation of the actuating lever. An accumulator lever storing the first stroke of the operating lever is additionally provided so that, during its s...