US Patent Issued to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA on Oct. 27 for "Joint assembly for a vehicle" (Mexican Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,722, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Joint assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Diego Eder Escudero Hernandez (Toluca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint assembly for a vehicle includes an outer race, a fitting, a shaft, and a stop member. The fitting is disposed in the outer race. The fitting is configured to be axially movable and rotationally fixed relative to the outer race. The shaft is received by the fitting. The stop member substantially prevents axial movement of the fitting. A first end of the stop member is removably received by the outer race. A second end of ...