ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,413, issued on June 3, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Differential with stamped housing" was invented by Kenneth Hunt (Orrville, Ohio), Michael Hodge (Wadsworth, Ohio), Matthew Fowler (Canton, Ohio) and Greg Copeland (Massillion, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A differential includes a housing rotatable about a center axis of the differential. The housing includes a first hub section including a base plate and a first hub protruding axially from the base plate; a second hub section including an end plate a second hub protruding axially from the end plate; a plurality of rings stack...