ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,742, issued on May 20, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).
"Gear rattle mitigation assembly" was invented by Anuroop Nair (Karnataka, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear rattle mitigation assembly includes a rotatable shaft and a gear element mounted to the rotatable shaft. The gear element includes a primary mass rotatably fixed to the rotatable shaft and a secondary mass operatively connected to the primary mass. The gear element also includes a resilient member arranged between the secondary mass and the primary mass and configured to absorb variation in torque applied to the secondary mass and m...