ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,425, issued on June 3, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Tooth jump protection device" was invented by Matthew W. Crump (Cortland, N.Y.), Christopher Van Loon (Ithaca, N.Y.), Sean R. Simmons (Ithaca, N.Y.), Timothy K. White (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Joseph P. Goodsell (Groton, N.Y.) and Bradley F. Adams (Homer, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tooth jump protection device is used to control chain slack and delay the torque at which chain jump occurs, thus increasing jump torque performance. The tooth jump protection device is preferably mounted to the transfer case."
The patent was filed on Jan. 21, 2022, ...