ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,318, issued on July 8, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Actuation device for two clutches and hybrid transmission and dual-clutch transmission" was invented by Dominik Hans (Muggensturm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation device for actuating two clutches, including a first selector fork, which can be adjusted in a first direction of actuation for actuating a first clutch against a first restoring force, and a second selector fork which can be adjusted in a second direction of actuation for actuating a second clutch against a second restoring force, the first actuation de...