ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,073, issued on June 23, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Lubrication system for an axle assembly" was invented by Rodrigo Bahena (Puebla, Mexico), Jessica Sampieri (Puebla, Mexico), Rafael Dominguez (Puebla, Mexico) and Sergio Enrique Aguilar (Cholula, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axle assembly for a vehicle includes a differential including a drive gear rotatable about an axis and a differential case coupled with the drive gear and defining a gear interaction space. A housing includes a differential portion having a proximal portion in which the drive gear is housed, a first...