US Patent Issued to DANA BELGIUM on July 21 for "Semi-powershift dog clutch transmission" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,218, issued on July 21, was assigned to DANA BELGIUM (Bruges, Belgium).

"Semi-powershift dog clutch transmission" was invented by Stijn Goossens (Erpe-Mere, Belgium), Filip Van Raepenbusch (Bruges, Belgium), Filip D. Schacht (Meulebeke, Belgium) and Kurt Cattoor (Koolkerke, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission system, comprising: a first section, comprising a plurality of first gearsets and at least a first non-friction clutch; a second section, comprising a plurality of second gearsets and a plurality of second non-friction clutches; a third section, comprising a plurality of third gearsets and a plurality of third ...