ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,716, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Force lubricated differential for electric vehicle" was invented by Evan Blitz (Massillon, Ohio), David Burky (Massillon, Ohio) and Scott Angel (Marshallville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eAxle having a housing, an electric motor supported by the housing, a differential coupled to the electric motor and supported by the housing, a source of pressurized oil, and an oil feed line coupled to the source of pressurized oil. The housing includes an inlet configured to supply oil from the oil feed line to an interior of the housi...