US Patent Issued to KENDRION (VILLINGEN) on March 18 for "Lock actuator, and park lock comprising such a lock actuator" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,168, issued on March 18, was assigned to KENDRION (VILLINGEN) GMBH (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany).

"Lock actuator, and park lock comprising such a lock actuator" was invented by Florian Schulz (Brigachtal, Germany), Andreas Kammerer (Obereschach, Germany), Mikhail Revin (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany) and Rolf Hermann (Konigsfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle park lock actuator is arranged in a longitudinal axis and has a movable actuating element which is movable into a first position and a second position. A locking slotted guide, and a locking element is held displaceably perpendicular to the longitudinal...