ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,747, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING 2 AS (Kongsberg, Norway).

"Gear shift actuator" was invented by Sandra FloBmann (Dachau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear shift actuator for linearly moving a shift shaft of a transmission in a shift direction between a neutral and an engaged position includes an actuator housing configured to be mounted in a predetermined relative positioning to a housing of the transmission, a linear drive assembly including an actuation cylinder and a piston movably received in the actuation cylinder, an actuation rod fixed to the piston and arranged to be coupled to...