ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,147, issued on July 29, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Differential cage" was invented by Simon Smerczek (Furstenstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A differential cage (10) may accommodate a differential gear. The differential cage (10) has, on a radially outward side, a lateral surface (13), against which a gear wheel of the differential is to rest. The gear wheel is slidable on from a slide-on side and attached on the differential cage. The differential cage (10) includes a radially outwardly projecting flange (14) located axially on a side of the lateral surface (13) remote from the s...