US Patent Issued to KA Group on March 18 for "Rotary decoupling actuator assembly with integrated spring assistance for blocked engagement" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,164, issued on March 18, was assigned to KA Group AG (Zurich, Switzerland).

"Rotary decoupling actuator assembly with integrated spring assistance for blocked engagement" was invented by Jasmin Insanic (Jonkoping, Sweden) and Jonas Bergvad (Jonkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present teachings generally provide for an actuator assembly to move between a decoupled position, and a coupled position. The actuator assembly includes a shift assembly including a gear connected to the motor, an input member in communication with the gear configured to transition between a first position and a second position; an output memb...