US Patent Issued to HUSCO AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS on Oct. 20 for "Systems and methods for a rotary disconnect" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,444, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HUSCO AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for a rotary disconnect" was invented by Matthew Pellmann (Summit, Wis.), Brian Heidemann (Lake Mills, Wis.), Trevor Wynkoop (Milwaukee), Matthew Koehler (Burlington, Wis.) and Bradley Bauer (Oconomowoc, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disconnect system for selectively coupling or disconnecting a drive member and a driven member via a clutch ring. The disconnect system includes a solenoid actuator and a linkage configured to move the clutch ring. The linkage is moved by the solenoid between an engaged configuration where...