ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,551, issued on Aug. 12.
"Motor-gearbox arrangement" was invented by Raymond J. Hicks (Chipping Camden, Great Britain) and Frank Cunliffe (Chipping Camden, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor-gearbox arrangement, comprising a gearbox arranged to as to selectively couple a first input and a second input to the output via a plurality of epicyclic gears a first electric motor coupled to the first input so as to rotate the first input; and a second electric motor coupled to the second input so as to rotate the second input; in which the clutches and the epicyclic gears which are connected to the input and the output and t...