US Patent Issued to DANA on Nov. 11 for "Differential split rear differential unit" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,526, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to DANA Ltd. (Maumee, Ohio).

"Differential split rear differential unit" was invented by Kaka Que (Fuzhou, China), Dakota Rene Dawson (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Fly Zhao (Fuzhou, China) and Bin He (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems are provided for a split differential housing. The split differential housing is bisected at an axis on a vertical plane. The split differential housing comprises a first housing member coupled to a second housing member at an interface centered on the vertical plane, wherein the axis is coaxial with a central axis of a drive axle."

The patent was filed on ...