ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,643, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GKN Automotive Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).
"Method for assembling a drive train component" was invented by Florian Kunig (Brunico, Italy), Hanspeter Putzer (Brunico, Italy), Sigmund Senoner (Brunico, Italy) and Carlo Faustini (Brunico, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assembling a component of a drive train is provided. The component includes at least a first part with a plurality of threaded holes and a second part with a corresponding number of through holes. The threaded holes and through holes each extend along an axial direction."
The patent was filed on Oct. 11, 20...