MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517050264 A) filed by Kiekert Ag, Heiligenhaus, Germany, on May 26, for 'latch for front hood of vehicle.'
Inventor(s) include He, Pingchun; Tang, Shengjie; and Wang, Xuanlang.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A front hood latch of a vehicle is provided. The latch includes a housing (1) fixed to a vehicle body, and a catch (2), a pawl (3) and an auxiliary catch (4) which are rotatably supported on the housing (1). The catch (2) is configured to lock a striker, and the pawl (3) is configured to lock the catch (2). The auxiliary ...