US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on April 21 for "System and method for operating a lubrication system with brake actuated valve" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,260, issued on April 21, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for operating a lubrication system with brake actuated valve" was invented by Mark R. Claywell (Birmingham, Mich.), James M. Hart (Belleville, Mich.), Daryl A. Wilton (Macomb, Mich.) and Zachary Juday (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubrication system for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger having a lubricant inlet and a lubricant outlet with the lubricant outlet having a first outlet branch and a second outlet branch. The lubrication system also includes a stator lubrication circuit, a rotor lubricatio...