ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,757, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Bamberg, Germany).
"Motor vehicle lock" was invented by Daniel Foerst (Bamberg, Germany), Thomas Salhoff (Hallstadt, Germany), Norbert Hess (Coburg, Germany) and Jakub Stasko (Ostrava, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock for a flap of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle lock is equipped with a lock catch for engaging with a closing part in a holding manner and a pawl which is paired with the lock catch and which locks an opening of the lock catch in the lowered position and releases the lock catch in a raised position, where...