US Patent Issued to Kiekert on Aug. 12 for "Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,293, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Marek Dragon (Waldbrol, Germany), Andrej Grzonka (Witten, Germany), Dennis Grzonka (Herne, Germany) and Alexander Grossmann (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl, further comprising an actuation lever chain for the locking mechanism, and comprising a locking element, at least one securing element, and exactly one spring element that...