US Patent Issued to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP on July 22 for "Electric axle with compact electric machine and gearbox arrangement" (Michigan, Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,230, issued on July 22, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Electric axle with compact electric machine and gearbox arrangement" was invented by Andy Perakes (Canton, Mich.), Eric M. Engerman (Plymouth, Mich.), Ryan D. Nelms (Weatherford, Texas) and Rick C. Sigmon (Bowling Green, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric axle is provided. The electric axle includes, in one example, a first electric machine directly coupled to a first planetary gear set, a second electric machine directly coupled to a second planetary gear set and a housing. The housing includes a first section that encloses the fi...