US Patent Issued to AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING on March 18 for "Multi-speed electric drive axle using multi-layshaft transmission" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,999, issued on March 18, was assigned to AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING INC. (Detroit).

"Multi-speed electric drive axle using multi-layshaft transmission" was invented by Austin R. Gerding (Shelby Township, Mich.), Jason Bock (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Justin Sieferd (Northville, Mich.), Peter Barta (Farmington, Mich.), Mandar Ahir (Canton, Mich.), Jonathan Trim (Madison Heights, Mich.), Shawn S. Proctor (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Mario Amerla (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive axle with an electric motor having a motor shaft that is rotatable about an axis, a differential, and a transmission. The tra...