ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,721, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens, France).
"Blocking mechanism" was invented by Christophe Mollier (Amiens, France), Stephane Longuent (Amiens, France), Olivier Fafet (Amiens, France), Alain Barry (Amiens, France) and Benoit Maurice (Cergy Pontoise, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blocking mechanism includes a transmission casing and a movable pawl having a locking finger. The movable pawl is pivotingly mounted about an axis on the transmission casing between a locking position in which the locking finger is engaged in the locking recess and a release position in which the locking finger is disen...