ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,135, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Kongsberg Automotive Holling 2 AS (Kongsberg, Norway).

"Actuator system" was invented by Bengt Cyren (Svanesund, Sweden) and Jasmin Insanic (Jonkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present teachings provide for an actuator system including a support; a drive system connected to the support; a shift fork operatively connected to the drive system and configured to move a distance defining a stroke length between a disengaged position and an engaged position, the shift fork having a cam follower; a cam assembly operatively connected with the drive system to move between a neutral po...