ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,956, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to WARN Automotive LLC (Milwaukie, Ore.).
"Vehicle differential disconnect assembly" was invented by Joshua Taylor Roat (Portland, Ore.), Bryan Yoder (Corvallis, Ore.) and Bryan M. Averill (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle differential disconnect assembly includes a differential case and a differential gear set carried within the differential case. The differential gear set includes a differential carrier rotatably supported within the differential case. A clutch ring includes interior spline splines engaged with exterior splines of the differential case and being movable to...