ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,768, issued on May 27, was assigned to Allison Transmission Inc. (Indianapolis).
"Electric axle assembly" was invented by Christopher G. Baillie (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Shaun Mepham (Clarkston, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric axle assembly includes a drive unit and a drive train stored in a case, and a cooling system coupled to the case for circulating a cooling fluid through the case. The electric axle assembly is mounted on a vehicle to support the vehicle for movement along a ground surface. The drive unit provides motive force through the drive train to wheels of the vehicle for propelling the vehicle along the g...