ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,743, issued on May 20, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Assembling and dissembling device" was invented by Wim De Laet (Antwerp, Belgium), Wim Michielsen (Wommelgem, Belgium), Quinten Gaethofs (Houthalen, Belgium) and Ralf Sperlich (Witten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement including a housing part, a second housing part, a first guide anchor, a second guide anchor, and at least one guide rail. The guide anchors engage form-fittingly and displaceably with the guide rail. The first guide anchor is rigidly fixed to the first housing part and the second guide anchor is rigidly fixed ...