ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,443, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).
"E-transmission with suction side screw on oil filter" was invented by Mark W. Leber (Holland, Ohio), Justin Hall (Ottawa Lake, Mich.), Michael D. Cook (Holland, Ohio) and Shane T. Smith (Sylvania, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for work fluid filtration in a transmission. The systems include a work fluid filter system for a transmission comprising: a canister filter arranged on an exterior of a transmission housing, the canister filter fluidically coupled to a suction side of a pump and a reservoir, wher...