ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,508, issued on Nov. 11, 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 monolithic doubling of material" 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 designed as an inner part including a clamping structure, a plurality of clamping parts arranged on the clamping structure, and a sheet metal cage placed on the freewheeling member for spacing the clamping parts in a direction of r...