ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,964, issued on April 21, was assigned to DANA MOTION SYSTEMS ITALIA S.R.L. (Reggio Emilia, Italy).

"Disconnector assembly for wheel hub transmission" was invented by Fabrizio Federici (Reggio Emilia, Italy) and Michele Gobbi (Reggio Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disconnector assembly for a wheel hub transmission where the wheel hub transmission may have an input shaft that receives an input torque from a drive unit. The disconnector assembly may have a first coupling portion driven by the input shaft, and a connector having a second coupling portion and being axially displaceable between a first axial position and a...