ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,697, issued on April 22, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Drive unit for motor vehicle applications" was invented by Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany), Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany), Michael Scholz (Essen, Germany) and Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit for motor vehicle applications, in particular motor vehicle closing devices. The drive unit comprises an electric motor and at least one drive element driven by the electric motor. In addition, an actuation lever that cooperates with the drive element is provided. The drive element and/or the actuation lever are advan...