MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517090937 A) filed by Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft, Heiligenhaus, Germany, on Sept. 23, for 'motor vehicle lock.'

Inventor(s) include Kejdana, Ales; and Suk, Jan.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle bonnet lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism (3, 4) substantially comprising a rotary latch (3) and a pawl (4). In addition, a stop lever (5) is provided in order to define a breakthrough protection position and an over-travel position beyond the breakthrough protection position in the closing direction of the locking mechanism (3, 4). The closing direction of the locking mechanism (3, 4) corresponds to a rotation of the rotary latch (3) caused by a locking pin (2) moving into an inlet opening (3a). According to the invention, the stop lever (5) is controlled by the movement of the pawl (4) in the closing direction of the lock (3, 4)."

The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 06, 2024, under International application No.PCT/DE2024/100185.

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