ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,477, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Friction clutch system" was invented by Luiz Filipe Silva Pereira (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, it is a clutch arrangement comprising a first rotating means with at least one friction unit and a second rotating means with at least one pressure unit; wherein the friction unit is configured to be moved between an opened position and a closed position, wherein in the closed position, a force is transmitted between the first rotating means and the second rotating means and wherein in the opened position, no forc...