ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,528, issued on March 4, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).
"Ball screw drive with an anti-rotation safeguard" was invented by Sebastian Schaller (Langweid, Germany) and Steffen Groessl (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-rotation safeguard of an axially moving element is provided with an anti-rotation safeguard, the anti-rotation safeguard being suited for use in a ball screw drive in an automated manual transmission. The ball screw has nut which rotates on balls on a spindle, at least one securing element protruding radially from the spindle, and at least one guide element with a longit...