ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,543, issued on May 20, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Dynamic Components GmbH (Ilsenburg (Harz), Germany) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).
"Shift gate, sliding cam system and camshaft" was invented by Thilo Kowalschek (Chemnitz, Germany), Sebastian Baer (Chemnitz, Germany), Jens Schirmer (Chemnitz, Germany) and Mathias Roeder (Chemnitz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a shift gate for a sliding cam system with at least two shifting grooves for engaging at least one actuator pin. The shifting grooves extend in a circumferential direction of the shift gate. The two shifting grooves are at least...