US Patent Issued to ZF CV Systems Global on Sept. 8 for "Method and device for actuating a dog clutch of a gearbox of an electrically driveable vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,765, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Method and device for actuating a dog clutch of a gearbox of an electrically driveable vehicle" was invented by Matthias Callesen (Wennigsen, Germany) and Hauke Karstens (Seelze, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for actuating a dog clutch (6) of a gearbox (2) of an electrically driveable vehicle (1) determines at least relative rotational speeds and/or rotational angle positions of a sliding sleeve (7) and of a coupling element (12) relative to each other, in order to avoid a possible tooth-to-tooth position. In the cas...