ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,383, issued on June 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Magnesium alloy housing for an electric vehicle drive unit" was invented by Qigui Wang (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Lokesh Choudhary (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnesium (Mg) alloy housing for a drive unit of an electric vehicle (EV) having a drive shaft connected to an electric motor is provided. The Mg alloy housing comprises a body comprising Mg alloy. The body is arranged to house the drive unit of the EV. The housing further comprises a cylindrical hub disposed on the body. The hub has a bore formed therethrough and ar...