US Patent Issued to Allison Transmission on Feb. 18 for "Disconnect mechanisms, transmission systems incorporating the same, and methods associated therewith" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,176, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Allison Transmission Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Disconnect mechanisms, transmission systems incorporating the same, and methods associated therewith" was invented by Nicholas Wheeler (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Transmission systems, disconnect mechanisms, and methods of assembling disconnect mechanisms are envisioned. A disconnect mechanism is adapted to selectively decouple a driving device from a driven device. The disconnect mechanism includes a lever, an inner shaft, an outer shaft, and a housing. The inner shaft is coupled to the lever, the outer shaft is coupled to the inner s...