ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,752, issued on May 12, was assigned to ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC (Troy, Mich.).

"Axle gear housing with bi-directional lubrication channels" was invented by Waseem Kaakarni (Troy, Mich.), Andrew Bodary (Troy, Mich.) and Robert Martin (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axle assembly including a differential carrier having a guide structure positioned in an upper portion of an interior face of the differential carrier. The guide structure includes a plurality of guides for directing the flow of lubricant during operation of the axle assembly. For example, the guide structure may include a plurality of guides, each guide ha...