US Patent Issued to VALEO EMBRAYAGES on March 4 for "Gear shift device and associated mobility vehicle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,560, issued on March 4, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens, France).

"Gear shift device and associated mobility vehicle" was invented by Christophe Laurens (Saint Quentin Fallavier, France), Jonathan Caillaud (Saint Quentin Fallavier, France), Jerome Boulet (Amiens, France) and Nadia Yacoubi (Amiens, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a gear shift device for a mobility vehicle, comprising: -a selection shaft in which a shuttle and a worm are arranged, -at least two input pinions arranged to rotate freely about the selection shaft, -at least two output pinions coupled in rotation with a hollow shaft, ...