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Old 12-22-2013, 06:55 PM
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Well, I cannot take credit for this "find" but I can share it with you. My thanks to the person who anonymously brought it to my attention.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20130252749.pdf
Old 12-22-2013, 07:29 PM
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Thanks for posting.
Old 12-23-2013, 04:08 PM
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It looks like this includes an aluminum differential housing (See Fig. 4):

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20130112039.pdf

This seems to be part of a clear GM strategy:

http://www.autonews.com/article/2013...ential-of-cng#

http://www.autonews.com/article/2013...#axzz2oKiZooHb

http://wot.motortrend.com/gm-ceo-ake...ss-338931.html
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More weight loss information:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/driveo...minum/4203935/

I wonder if GM will have a big weight loss story in Mid-January ...
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Runge Kutta, do you know the guy with the forum name of "doofuss"?
Old 12-27-2013, 08:45 PM
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I thought that it had already been determined by our experts that there isn't anyplace to save weight.

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