US Patent Issued to Witte Automotive on Sept. 9 for "Lock arrangement, in particular for an engine hood of a vehicle" (Czech Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,639, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Witte Automotive GmbH (Velbert, Germany).

"Lock arrangement, in particular for an engine hood of a vehicle" was invented by Vladimir Stekl (Bolevec, Czech Republic), Milan Fiser (Manetin, Czech Republic), Josef Velek (Chyse, Czech Republic) and Jan Lasek (Plzen, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock arrangement for an engine hood or a tailgate of a vehicle may have a locking element, a rotary catch for the locking element, a security element for securing the locking element in a secured position of the lock arrangement, a cam for unlocking and locking, and at least one actuating...