ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,742, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Differentials with face gears for electrical drive systems" was invented by Philip R. Kellogg (Macomb, Mich.), Tao Peng (Canton, Mich.), Robert J. Cabrera (Oxford, Mich.), Marcello Ciparullo (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Aaron A. Sinka (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and James S. Bourn (Oxford, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive system in a battery electric vehicle (BEV) includes an output shaft, configured to couple with a drive wheel of the BEV, having a face gear at a distal end; a differential, including a pinion gear cage receiving pinion gear...