US Patent Issued to Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings on Dec. 30 for "Sealed constant velocity joint" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,124, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings LLC (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

"Sealed constant velocity joint" was invented by Aaron Horne (Lathrup Village, Mich.) and Riki Patel (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A constant velocity joint includes a first shaft extending along an axis and rotatable about the axis. An outer race is connected to and rotatable with the first shaft. The outer race defines a compartment. A rotatable second shaft terminates at an inner race in the compartment. The inner race is rotatable with the outer race and is pivotably connected to the outer race such that...