ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,749, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens, France).
"Transmission system including a differential drive device" was invented by Pierre Colomb (Cergy Pontoise, France) and Thierry Lanoe (Cergy Pontoise, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Transmission system for a motor vehicle includes a differential drive device configured to distribute a torque to two wheel shafts of an axle, and which includes a coupling device having a coupled position in which the transmission of the torque via the differential drive device is provided and a decoupled position in which the transmission of the torque via the differential dr...