ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,642, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle lock housing arrangement" was invented by Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, Germany), Michael Scholz (Essen, Germany), Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany) and Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock housing arrangement which is equipped with at least one lock housing and one carrier housing. The lock housing is designed to receive at least one locking-mechanism-side component, such as an actuator. The carrier housing has at least one electronics carrier. The lock housing and the carrier housing are connecte...