ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,617, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Actuating device for a transmission" was invented by Vyacheslav Brushkivskyy (Kressbronn am Bodensee, Germany) and Patrick Kniess (Aulendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating device for a transmission has an adjusting element which can be moved in rotation by way of an actuator. At least one actuating element is arranged on one side of the adjusting element and can be moved in translation as a function of a rotation movement of the adjusting element. Roller bodies between the adjusting element and the actuating element concer...