US Patent Issued to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP on Oct. 7 for "Electric axle with compact electric machine and gear train layout" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,778, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Electric axle with compact electric machine and gear train layout" was invented by Eric M. Engerman (Plymouth, Mich.), Andy Perakes (Canton, Mich.) 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, an electric machine rotationally coupled to a layshaft via a first gear reduction and a differential rotationally coupled to the first gear reduction, a first axle shaft, and a second axle shaft. In the electric axle, the electric machine is positioned latera...