ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,881, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Electrically actuatable motor vehicle lock" was invented by Carsten Fuchs (Essen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically actuatable motor vehicle lock comprising: a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a release lever, the release lever interacting with the locking mechanism in such a way that a locked locking mechanism can be unlocked, an electric drive unit, the release lever being actuatable at least by means of the drive unit and the drive unit having at least one control element for actuating the release lever, ...