US Patent Issued to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP on Jan. 28 for "Multi-speed transmission system and operating method" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,677, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Multi-speed transmission system and operating method" was invented by Gowrisankar Devaraj (Leamington Spa, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a multi-speed transmission. The multi-speed transmission includes a housing, an electric motor with a stator and a rotor positioned within the housing, and a planetary assembly positioned on a first axial side of the electric motor. The transmission further includes a first and second clutch unit spaced away from one another, each including a synchronizer, an...