US Patent Issued to Stoneridge Control Devices on Sept. 30 for "Dual propulsion system with drive unit clutch actuator" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,098, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Stoneridge Control Devices Inc. (Novi, Mich.).

"Dual propulsion system with drive unit clutch actuator" was invented by Alexander John Track (Woodhaven, Mich.) and Hongliang Chen (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch actuator assembly includes a motor that is arranged in an actuator housing, a gear train that couples the motor and an output shaft, an actuator lever that is affixed to the output shaft and includes a profile that has first and second features that respectively correspond to first and second positions, a detent that cooperates with the profile and is co...