US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 15 for "Torque transfer member having a strengthened fluid port and method of making the same" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,332, issued on April 15, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Torque transfer member having a strengthened fluid port and method of making the same" was invented by Shun Xun Zhang (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Bradly Trine (Marshall, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque transfer member having a strengthened fluid port and a method of making the same. The torque transfer member includes a body member formed of a steel alloy and is rotatable about a rotational axis. The body member includes an external surface, an interior surface defining a fluid passageway extending through the body, and a fluid port...