ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,202, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Hydraulic fluid pick-up tube" was invented by Mark Claywell (Birmingham, Mich.) and Sean Michael McGowan (Northville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicles, oil intake systems for vehicles, and methods for manufacturing oil intake systems for vehicles are provided. A method for manufacturing an oil intake system for a vehicle includes providing an oil reservoir having an internal volume with an internal shape including an oil reservoir bottom; determining a selected amount of oil received in the oil reservoir; selecting a maximum positive ...