US Patent Issued to Sonnax Transmission on June 30 for "Drop-in signal accumulator piston kit and method for replacing an original equipment signal accumulator piston" (New Hampshire, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,175, issued on June 30, was assigned to Sonnax Transmission Co. (Bellows Falls, Vt.).

"Drop-in signal accumulator piston kit and method for replacing an original equipment signal accumulator piston" was invented by Maura J. Stafford (Warner Robins, Ga.) and Andrew M. Deyo (Keene, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drop-in signal accumulator piston assembly to replace an original equipment (OE) signal accumulator piston in a vehicle transmission hydraulic circuit, the OE signal accumulator piston positioned in a bore in a valve body having a fluid port. A cylindrical sleeve has open first and second ends with an internal diameter t...