US Patent Issued to VALEO EMBRAYAGES on June 23 for "Blocking mechanism" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,077, issued on June 23, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens, France).

"Blocking mechanism" was invented by Adrien Nerriere (Amiens, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blocking mechanism includes a mobile pawl mounted with the ability to pivot between a locking position and a release position. The mobile pawl includes a cam surface, a pushing device including a cam follower able to move on the cam surface in order to move the mobile pawl from the release position to the locking position, and an actuating lever moving the pushing device and including a first notch and a second notch. A positioning member engages in the first ...