US Patent Issued to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group on March 18 for "Differential gear unit, a vehicle comprising a differential gear unit, and a method for operating a differential gear unit" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,149, issued on March 18, was assigned to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China) and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).

"Differential gear unit, a vehicle comprising a differential gear unit, and a method for operating a differential gear unit" was invented by Fredrik Englund (Trollhattan, Sweden) and Mikael Mohlin (Kungalv, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A differential gear unit includes an annular ring gear having a rotational axis in an axial direction; side gears respectively distribute torque to drive shafts; differential pinion gears are rotatably arranged on a pinio...