ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,422, issued on March 11, was assigned to U-SHIN DEUTSCHLAND ZUGANGSSYSTEME GMBH (Germany).
"Safety assembly for preventing opening of a vehicle lock under predefined vehicle conditions" was invented by Lukas Kaliebe (Erdweg, Germany), Yvonne Krauter (Erdweg, Germany) and Yvan Sierp (Erdweg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a safety assembly for preventing the opening of a trunk lock under predefined vehicle conditions, having a transmission element which is engaged by an interior-side actuating element and a trunk-side actuating element and which is coupled to a trunk lock, wherein a latch is provided...