ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,458, issued on May 5, was assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L. (Arco, Italy).
"Limited slip differential unit" was invented by Sudatta Karmarkar (Pune, India), Idris Poonawala (Pune, India) and Pradip Jasud (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems are provided for a limited slip differential (LSD). The LSD comprises a two-piece differential case, an intermediate floating piece positioned in an interior of the two-piece differential case and configured to slide axially therein. The LSD, further comprises a first side gear and a second side gear meshed with gears of the intermediate floating piece, a first disc spring mounted on the...