ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,206, issued on March 18, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Flywheel housing assembly, a vehicle and a method of manufacturing a flywheel housing assembly" was invented by Claes Kuylenstierna (Molnlycke, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flywheel housing assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a flywheel housing for accommodating a flywheel. The flywheel housing is configured to connect with a part of the internal combustion engine, the flywheel housing further having an outer side region intended to face an oil pan of the internal combustion engine, wherein the outer side region comprises a t...