US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on Sept. 8 for "Axle assembly with integral guide" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,671, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Axle assembly with integral guide" was invented by Dalal Almahd (Fairlawn, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric axle assembly includes a housing and a differential disposed in the housing. A gear of the differential extends along a central axis and is configured to couple with a shaft. A beam is coupled with the housing and defines a beam hollow for housing the shaft. A guide is integral with the housing and defines a passage that forms an inner surface of the guide. The inner surface tapers axially."

The patent was fil...