ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,826, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Integrated gearbox lockout device" was invented by Matthew M. Wilcox (Fort Worth, Texas), Jacob P. Speed (Cullman, Ala.) and Cody C. Anderson (Lantana, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are described for a gearbox lockout device. It may be desirable in certain vehicles to lock a drive shaft within a gearbox for a period of time. Lockout embodiments under the present disclosure include a shaft configured to selectively engage the drive shaft via teeth. An inner and outer collar surrounding the shaft can be manipulated to restrict...