US Patent Issued to Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding on Sept. 1 for "Electromagnetically shiftable positive engagement clutch" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,628, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding (Schongau, Germany).

"Electromagnetically shiftable positive engagement clutch" was invented by Jurgen Binder (Schongau, Germany), Peter Echtler (Schongau, Germany), Andreas Dempfle (Schongau, Germany), Werner Fuerguth (Schongau, Germany), Wolfgang Voelk (Schongau, Germany), Oleg Butorin (Schongau, Germany), Sebastian Kucharek (Schongau, Germany) and Marco Lautensach (Schongau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetically shiftable positive engagement clutch is shown, having a shifting sleeve which is arranged on a shaft for joint rotation ther...