US Patent Issued to Kiekert on June 24 for "Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" (Dominican Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,664, issued on June 24, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Zbynek Louda (Pardubice, Dominican Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which in its basic design is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl. In addition, an accumulator lever that is controllable by the rotary latch is realized, which temporarily holds the pawl in its open position (accumulator position) at least during an opening process of the locking mechanism. According...