US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on April 21 for "Limited slip differential with conical faces between side gears" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,252, issued on April 21, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Limited slip differential with conical faces between side gears" was invented by Michael Hodge (Wadsworth, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A limited slip differential for a vehicle includes a differential gear case, and first and second side gears supported by the differential gear case. The first and second side gears are engaged with each other along an interface, and the interface a non-flat profile, such as a conical or frustoconical profile. Depending on the angle of the conical or frustoconical profile, a torque bias ra...