US Patent Issued to Kiekert on Sept. 15 for "Lock for a motor vehicle, in particular hood or hinged-panel lock" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,920, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Lock for a motor vehicle, in particular hood or hinged-panel lock" was invented by Robert S. Pettengill (Farmington, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hood lock for a motor vehicle comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a lock holder interacting with the locking mechanism, a release lever, the locked locking mechanism being able to be unlocked by means of the release lever, and the lock holder being transferable from a latching position into a support position after a first actuation, and the lock holder being transf...