US Patent Issued to Warn Automotive on Sept. 8 for "Integrated wheel end system" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,725, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Warn Automotive LLC (Milwaukie, Ore.).

"Integrated wheel end system" was invented by Bryan Yoder (Corvallis, Ore.), Russell James Conine (Portland, Ore.), Bryce Gould (Vancouver, Wash.) and Joshua Taylor Roat (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator for a wheel end disconnect system includes a housing and a solenoid mounted to the housing, the solenoid is actuatable to move a plunger in a fore and aft direction. A rocker is pivotally mounted to the housing and is connected to the plunger. A shift fork slidably mounted on a translation pin extending from the housing, the shift ...