US Patent Issued to Kiekert on Sept. 9 for "Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle side door lock" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,638, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

"Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle side door lock" was invented by Hendrik Wahmann (Dusseldorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle side door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism composed, essentially, of a rotary latch and a pawl. Also comprising an actuating lever for the locking mechanism and a release lever for the pawl. Both levers can be coupled and uncoupled to/from each other by means of a coupling lever. A mass inertia element which uncouples the coupling lever at least...