ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,716, issued on May 20, was assigned to Means Industries Inc. (Saginaw, Mich.).
"Actuation mechanism" was invented by Gregory M Eisengruber (Saginaw, Mich.) and Robert B Larimer (Saginaw, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch assembly, such as a dynamically controllable clutch ("DCC"), having an actuator for controlling coupling members for engagement and disengagement of power components. The actuator includes a cylindrical cam member with an end face extending transversely to a rotational axis of the cam member. The end face has a first cam surface and a second cam surface. The first cam surface is radially spaced from and a...