ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,482, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L. (Arco, Italy).
"Systems for lubricant distribution" was invented by Matteo Dallapiccola (Trento, Italy), Pier Paolo Rinaldi (Arco, Italy) and Mark Slater (Warwickshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a lubricant distribution assembly comprising a rotating component with a recessed circumferentially surrounded by a radially outer section, the radially inners side of which forms a surface of an undercut groove. The lubricant distribution assembly further includes a lubricant sump separated from the rotating component by a wall,...