ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,300, issued on March 24, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Axle assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Joseph Wood (Wooster, Ohio) and Scott Angel (Marshallville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axle assembly for a vehicle includes a banjo axle housing having a central portion that defines a receiving space, a first beam that extends from the central portion in a first axial direction and that defines a first beam hollow in communication with the receiving space, and a second beam that extends from the central portion opposite the first beam in a second axial direction and that d...