ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,771, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle lock" was invented by Thorsten Bendel (Oberhausen, Germany).
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 arranged in a lock housing and made up substantially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, an electromotive drive is provided, in particular for the locking mechanism and an emergency power source for emergency electrical power supply of the drive. According to the invention, the emergency power source is arranged in the lock housing in such a w...