ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,720, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens, France).
"Actuation device for a transmission system" was invented by Christophe Mollier (Cergy Pontoise, France), Herve Maurel (Cergy Pontoise, France) and Fabien Diascorn (Cergy Pontoise, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Actuation device for a transmission system includes an electric motor kinematically connected to a speed reducer and an output shaft of the speed reducer of axis of rotation, the output shaft being arranged to pivot through three adjacent angular sectors, a first angular sector, a second angular sector adjacent to the first angular sector, and a t...