ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,770, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle lock" was invented by Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock-in particular, a motor vehicle door lock-having a locking mechanism which includes a rotary latch and a pawl-in particular, a single pawl-wherein the rotary latch is able to latch into at least one latch position by means of the pawl; a rotatable triggering lever, wherein the locking mechanism can be moved by means of the triggering lever from the at least one latch position into an open position; and an electromotive drive unit for...