US Patent Issued to KIEKERT on Sept. 8 for "Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,567, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KIEKERT AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, Germany), Michael Scholz (Essen, Germany), Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany), Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany), Andreas Schmitz (Velbert, Germany) and Andreas Ziganki (Mettmann, 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. Furthermore, at least one electromotive drive is implemented. A control unit and an ...