ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,516, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).
"Dual motor gearbox spool lock" was invented by Nathan D. Mandery (Perrysburg, Ohio) and Kyle Mourdock (Bowling Green, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle including a first motor coupled to a first gear train, a second motor coupled to a second gear train, and a spool lock configured to variably couple the first gear train and the second gear train, allowing a first torque output by the first motor and a second torque output by the second motor to be combined and output to a first wheel coupled to the...