ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,900, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to WARN Automotive LLC (Milwaukie, Ore.).
"Latched mono-stable axial coupling" was invented by Bryan Yoder (Corvallis, Ore.), Bryce Gould (Vancouver, Wash.) and Russell Conine (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes an apparatus, and method of operation for an axial coupling that includes a shift linkage having a first end and a second end, the shift linkage configured to pivot between a first position and a second position. The axial coupling further includes a first solenoid affixed to the first end of the shift linkage, and actuating the first solenoid pi...