US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on Aug. 25 for "Systems and methods for coupling a lock plate and actuator" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,477, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Systems and methods for coupling a lock plate and actuator" was invented by Matthew Fox (Ceresco, Mich.) and John Allen Grogg (LaOtto, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lockable differential assembly includes a lock plate that is rotatable about a rotational axis. The differential assembly also includes actuator assembly having a stator and an armature, the actuator assembly being switchable between energized and de-energized states. A slip ring assembly configured to axially translate based on the locked state or the unlocked state of the differentia...