ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,161, issued on May 27, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Mounting assembly for a coupler mechanism of a motor vehicle" was invented by Klaus Zelger (Taufkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting assembly for a coupler mechanism of a motor vehicle has at least a plurality of components which are to be mounted during mounting of the coupler mechanism as the latter is being assembled. A shifting element corresponds to one of the components which is configured to shift a clutch of the coupler mechanism. A first spring element corresponds to one of the components which is received displaceably on the ...