US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on July 28 for "Coupling element and transmission with coupling element" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,936, issued on July 28, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Coupling element and transmission with coupling element" was invented by Philip Dotschel (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Tamas Gyarmati (Bermatingen, Germany) and Milan Dacej (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling element for coupling a first gearset and a second gearset of a transmission. The coupling element having an annular body, an inner circumference of the annular body defining an inner toothing, an outer circumference of the annular body defining an outer toothing, and a first end region of the annular body in a...