US Patent Issued to STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES on May 5 for "Park lock actuator with manual release and shipping position" (New York, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,469, issued on May 5, was assigned to STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES INC. (Novi, Mich.).

"Park lock actuator with manual release and shipping position" was invented by Yulanda King (Amherst, N.Y.) and Harish Chowdhary Athipatla (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator is manually released by lifting the handle relative to at least one detent to translate a release shaft along its axis, wherein the lifting step selectively positions an end of the release shaft in a first desired axial position relative to one of a gear train and an output shaft. The handle can be rotated relative to at least one detent to rotate the release...