US Patent Issued to HUSCO Automotive Holdings on July 15 for "Systems and methods for a rotary disconnect" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,721, issued on July 15, was assigned to HUSCO Automotive Holdings LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for a rotary disconnect" was invented by Matthew Pellmann (Summit, Wis.), Brian Heidemann (Lake Mills, Wis.), Trevor Wynkoop (Milwaukee), Matthew Koehler (Burlington, Wis.) and Bradley Bauer (Oconomowoc, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disconnect system for selectively coupling or disconnecting a drive member and a driven member. The disconnect system includes a clutch ring rotationally coupled to a drive member, a solenoid actuator, and a shift fork coupled to the clutch ring and configured to be pivotally moved by the ...