US Patent Issued on Sept. 30 for "Automated mechanical transmission for a vehicle" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,133, issued on Sept. 30.

"Automated mechanical transmission for a vehicle" was invented by Fredrik Karpenman (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden) and Magnus Blanckenfiell (Hisings Karra, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated mechanical transmission for a vehicle includes a main gearbox assembly comprising a main shaft and being adapted to be shiftable between at least one engaged state and a neutral state; a split gearbox assembly comprising an input shaft and being adapted to be shiftable between a first engaged state, a second engaged state and a neutral state; a countershaft; a crawler gearbox assembly comprising a crawler gear...