US Patent Issued to FCA US on Dec. 23 for "Protective member configured to maintain structural integrity of a transfer case of a hybrid vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,064, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Protective member configured to maintain structural integrity of a transfer case of a hybrid vehicle" was invented by Ranjit B Pandhare (Troy, Mich.), Milind Parab (Troy, Mich.), Vikas Sanghavi (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Meyyappan Valliappan (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle that includes a propulsion system configured to drive at least one wheel of the vehicle; a high-voltage component electrically connected to the propulsion system by a high-voltage cable; a transfer case having a housing connected to the propulsion system and position...