ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,834, issued on May 27, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle, in particular motor vehicle door lock" was invented by Marek Dragon (Waldbrol, Germany) and Alexander Grossmann (Essen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism (1, 2) composed, essentially, of a rotary latch (1) and a pawl (2). Furthermore, a securing device (5, 6, 7, 8) and an emergency actuation element (9, 10, 11) for the securing device are realized. The securing device (5, 6, 7, 8) has at least one securing leve...