ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,910, issued on July 28, was assigned to FEDERAL NEW POWER (QINGDAO) Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"F clutch drum and method for improving performance of F clutch drum" was invented by Tao Tan (Qingdao, China) and Lianlian Yin (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to an F clutch drum, which includes a clutch drum body and a gear ring fixed to an inner wall of the clutch drum body by foundry steel insert for cooperation with a clutch plate of the F clutch; the clutch drum body is made of aluminum alloy; the gear ring is made of alloy steel. The upgraded drum, as a brand-new insert design process, i...