ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,338, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Means Industries Inc. (Saginaw, Mich.).
"Actuation mechanism for coupling device" was invented by Steven M Thomas (Saginaw, Mich.), Joshua D Hand (Midland, Mich.), Spencer Kane (Chesaning, Mich.) and Ali Merat (Fenton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation mechanism for use with a coupling device. The actuation mechanism includes an assembly having a hub, a latch member, a translating member, and an indexer. The assembly includes a carrier supported on the hub that engages the indexer. The carrier moves axially relative to the hub. A return member biasing the indexer to a non-depl...