ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,744, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).
"Axle shaft disconnect system" was invented by Corey Kwapich (Ottawa Lake, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for drivetrain of a vehicle. In one example, the drivetrain includes an axle shaft with a radial nub and a shaft guide surrounding the axle shaft. The shaft guide may have an inner radial groove configured to have an interference fit with the radial nub. When the axle shaft is axially translated along an axial direction to engage the radial nub with the inner radial groove of the shaft guide, the axle sha...