US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on July 22 for "Magnetic clutch with an axis of rotation for actuating a disconnect clutch" (German, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,232, issued on July 22, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Magnetic clutch with an axis of rotation for actuating a disconnect clutch" was invented by Christoph Raber (Ottweiler-Steinbach, Germany), Marc Finkenzeller (Gengenbach, Germany), Patrick Huber (Oberkirch, Germany), Jens Bohnen (Wolfach, Germany) and Dominic Melischko (Herrlisheim, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic clutch for actuating a disconnect clutch includes an axis of rotation, an axially fixed stator, an axially movable armature, a torque-axial force converter unit with an armature side and a bearing side, a...