US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on March 31 for "Cartridge style front cover and coupling cavity sleeve for automotive supercharger" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,585, issued on March 31, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Cartridge style front cover and coupling cavity sleeve for automotive supercharger" was invented by Michael E. Coates (Marshall, Mich.), Brandon J. Elliott (Ceresco, Mich.) and Eric J. Locker (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supercharger includes a main housing, a front cover coupled to the main housing and having an inner portion received within the main housing, a drive coupling assembly arranged between an input shaft and a rotor shaft, and a coupling sleeve disposed about the drive coupling."

The patent was filed on Oct. 7, 2020, ...