US Patent Issued to Kiekert on March 18 for "Motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,911, issued on March 18, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Robert J. Hunt (Davisburg, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl as locking mechanism components. In addition, a latching element which is arranged in the engagement region between the two locking mechanism components and is pivotably mounted on the rotary latch or the pawl for the most part in a plane of the locking mechanism span...