ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,319, issued on July 8, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Anti-rotate piston for vehicle transmission" was invented by Tejinder Singh (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Richard J Scorzelli (Fowlerville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission includes a housing defining an actuator cavity, a plurality of clutches disposed within the housing and configured to be engaged in various combinations to generate gear ratios corresponding to forward speeds of the transmission, and an actuator assembly configured to selectively engage one clutch of the plurality of clutches, the actuator assembly including a piston sliding...