ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,526, issued on March 24, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Coupling device and drive train for a motor vehicle" was invented by Stefan Reichert (Malsch, Germany), Johannes Arnold (Baden-Wurttemberg-Kappelrodeck, Germany), David Bauert (Neuried, Germany), Markus Eisele (Hugelsheim, Germany), Elmar Lorenz (Rheinmunster Sollingen, Germany) and Peter Greb (Ottersweier, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling device for coupling and decoupling a drive element with an output element of a drive train for a motor vehicle includes a coupling element, linearly displaceable from a couplin...