ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,733, issued on May 12, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens, France).

"Disconnect flexible sensor target" was invented by Roel Verhoog (Amiens, France) and Michael Hennebelle (Amiens, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a transmission system for a motor vehicle including a first element and a second element movable in rotation with respect to each other about an axis X, and a coupling device which includes a first coupling part which is locked in rotation with the first element and movable with respect thereto between a coupled position and a decoupled position. Also included is a disk having a fixing re...