ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,876, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HOERBIGER ANTRIEBSTECHNIK HOLDING (Schongau, Germany).

"Electromagnetic clutch comprising a selector sleeve" was invented by Juergen Binder (Schongau, Germany), Peter Echtler (Schongau, Germany), Andreas Dempfle (Schongau, Germany), Werner Fuerguth (Schongau, Germany), Wolfgang Voelk (Schongau, Germany), Oleg Butorin (Schongau, Germany), Sebastian Kucharek (Schongau, Germany) and Martin Sedlmair (Schongau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic clutch is provided which includes-a selector sleeve arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on a first shaft and is adapted to be shift...