US Patent Issued to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP on March 18 for "Electric drive axle system with a self-indexing clutch and method for operation of said clutch" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,126, issued on March 18, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Electric drive axle system with a self-indexing clutch and method for operation of said clutch" was invented by Eric M. Engerman (Plymouth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for a clutch assembly in an electric drive axle of a vehicle are provided. In one example, a clutch assembly in a gear train is provided that includes a locking clutch. The locking clutch includes a gear including a plurality of teeth having at least one tooth with a tapered end, an indexing shaft rotationally connected to an output shaft, a shift c...