ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,028, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Electromotive drive for motor vehicle applications" was invented by Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany), Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany), Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, Germany), Michael Scholz (Essen, Germany) and Manuel Reusch (Dusseldorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromotive drive for motor vehicle applications, which is equipped with an electric motor, a drive wheel that interacts with the electric motor, in particular a worm wheel having a cam contour, and a lever that can be impacted by the cam contour. The cam contour completes a full ...