US Patent Issued to Dana Motion Systems Italia on Dec. 16 for "Connect and disconnect assembly, and ship-lift bogie including said connect and disconnect assembly" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,144, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dana Motion Systems Italia S.R.L. (Reggio Emilia, Italy).

"Connect and disconnect assembly, and ship-lift bogie including said connect and disconnect assembly" was invented by Fabio Beccari (Reggio Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connect and disconnect assembly may have a first rotatable shaft and a second rotatable shaft aligned along a rotational axis. The assembly may also have a connect and disconnect device including one or more cams for selectively connecting and disconnecting the first rotatable shaft to and from the second rotatable shaft. A ship-lift bogie may include th...