Patents by Inventor Rex Randall Corless

Rex Randall Corless has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Lubrication system for differential mechanism
    Patent number: 7374507
    Abstract: A differential assembly includes a housing defining a space containing a volume of hydraulic fluid, the housing including interior surfaces. A gear that rotates in the housing includes surfaces that pass through the fluid as the gear rotates and on which the fluid is carried to the interior surfaces of the housing. A bearing located in the housing is supplied with fluid from a fluid path that hydraulically connects the interior surfaces and the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Rex Randall Corless, Gerald Stephen Szczepanski, William Riley