ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,729, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Resetting an electromechanical disconnect" was invented by Cristian E. Anghel (Tucson, Ariz.) and David R. Minke (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to reset an electromechanical disconnect is provided. The method includes electrically disengaging a pawl holding a first half of a dog clutch, located between a starter-generator and a main engine gear box, in a disengaged position, controllably energizing the starter-generator to produce a selected angle of rotational motion of a starter-generator shaft, wherein the selected angl...