ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,410, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Valeo Powertrain GmbH (Ebern, Germany).

"Piston, gear-change selector module and mounting method" was invented by Jurgen Ryba (Ebern, Germany), Gerhard Warmuth (Ebern, Germany), Dieter Grimmer (Ebern, Germany) and Ralph Berger (Ebern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston for a gear-change selector module of a gearshift has a piston body, at least one sealing element, and a cap which is attached to the piston body by means of a clip connection. Furthermore, the sealing element is here attached to the piston body by means of the cap. Also a gear-change selector module with a piston, an...