ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,294, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L. (Arco, Italy).
"Barrel cam actuator for a transmission" was invented by Pier Paolo Rinaldi (Arco, Italy), Giacomo Faggiani (Rovereto, Italy) and Lorenzo Serrao (Torbole sul Garda, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for a barrel cam actuator assembly. The barrel cam assembly, in one example, includes a barrel cam including a first track and a bearing that is positioned at a side of the barrel cam. The barrel cam assembly further includes a spring that are is positioned between a housing and the bearing, where the bearing and the spring are configured to p...