ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,650, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).
"Systems for drive axle" was invented by Marcio Massari (Sorocaba, Brazil), Cassio Leme (Sorocaba, Brazil), Bruno Marocchio (Sorocaba, Brazil), Vinicius Ventura (Sorocaba, Brazil) and Paula Nomura Watanabe (Sorocaba, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for an electric drive axle. In one example, a tube is pressed into a portion of a differential housing, wherein a mount, a reinforcement ring, a wheel hub assembly, and a brake housing are physically coupled to the tube. The tube defines an axle path of an elect...