ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,940, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & Co. KG COBURG (Coburg, Great Britain).
"Locking device with emergency release" was invented by Sebastian Tietz (Schleusingen, Germany), Markus Welsch (Lichtenfels, Germany) and Michael Knab (Schwurbitz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is provided a locking device, comprising: a rotary latch pivotally mounted on a housing between a locking position and an unlocking position, a blocking element movable between a blocking position and a release position, by which the rotary latch is blocked in the locking position when the blocking element is arranged in the bloc...