US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI WIA on May 26 for "Drive axle assembly" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,908, issued on May 26, was assigned to HYUNDAI WIA Corp. (Gyeongsangnam-Do, South Korea).

"Drive axle assembly" was invented by Chang Hee Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive axle assembly provides a maximum bending angle by way of a structure of a shaft bearing supported by a drive shaft with a compact assembly structure. The drive axle assembly is preferably configured to include, a wheel bearing assembled to an axle housing, a boot having a large diameter portion of one end connected to an outer ring of the wheel bearing, a drive shaft having an orbit formed along a circumferential direction of an ...