US Patent Issued to DANA GRAZIANO on May 13 for "System and methods for a clutch system based on an axially slidable sleeve and radially translatable key" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,871, issued on May 13, was assigned to DANA GRAZIANO S.R.L. (Rivoli, Italy).

"System and methods for a clutch system based on an axially slidable sleeve and radially translatable key" was invented by Silvano Colombo (Rivoli, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a dog clutch engagement system of a transmission, the dog clutch engagement system including a dog clutch comprising an axially movable sleeve, a first output disk, a second output disk, and a radially translatable key. In one example, a method for operating the dog clutch comprises receiving output from sensors that indicate a rotational s...