ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,102, issued on May 6, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Locking differentials in rotor shafts" was invented by Matthew James Laskaska (Essexville, Mich.), James M Hart (Belleville, Mich.), Chi Teck Lee (Novi, Mich.), Dumitru Puiu (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Brenten Paul Corliss (Royal Oak, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Locking differential systems, vehicles and methods are provided. An electric vehicle includes an electric motor including a stator and a rotor, wherein the rotor is configured to rotate about a rotor axis; a rotor shaft connected to the rotor for rotation about the rotor axis; a d...