ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,173, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ABUS August Bremicker Sohne KG (Wetter-Volmarstein, Germany).
"Two-wheeler lock" was invented by Stefan Heinemann (Wetter, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-wheeler lock includes a locking unit having two opposite end faces, and a sleeve having a longitudinal axis and two opposite axial ends, wherein a bolt receiver is provided at the first end face and a rotatable lock cylinder, which actuates a locking element is provided at the second end face. The sleeve has an end wall at the first axial end and is open at the second axial end, wherein the locking unit can be introduced, with th...