US Patent Issued to GKN Automotive on July 29 for "Sub-assembly for e-axle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,146, issued on July 29, was assigned to GKN Automotive Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).

"Sub-assembly for e-axle" was invented by Kazuto Kenmotsu (Tochigi, Japan) and Masashi Aikawa (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sub-assembly for limiting differential motion to an eAxle with a differential for differentially outputting torque about an axis is provided. An actuator is configured to generate a rotational force about the axis. A cam mechanism is configured to convert the rotational force into a thrust force in a direction of the axis. A clutch assembly includes a first drum separably coupling with the differential, an...