ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,322, issued on July 8, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Freewheeling mechanism having an interlocking connection between the sheet metal cage and the freewheeling member by means of a coupling disk" was invented by Alexander Reimchen (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A freewheeling mechanism includes a freewheeling member with a clamping structure, clamping parts arranged on the clamping structure, and a sheet metal cage for spacing the clamping parts in a direction of revolution. The sheet metal cage is placed on the freewheeling member and includes a base body with...