ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,842, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L. (Arco, Italy).
"Differential crown locking interface" was invented by Claudio Maffei (Arco, Italy), Davide Deimichei (Ala, Italy), Alessandro Strauss (Rovereto, Italy), Gianluca Terrasi (Arco, Italy), Mario Bonora (Tenno, Italy) and Parag Mahajan (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides support for a differential assembly comprising part of a drive axle and comprising: a housing comprising a first portion and a second portion axially protruding from the first portion, and a crown gear fixed to the first portion of the housing via a plurality of fasten...