US Patent Issued to DANA BELGIUM on Jan. 28 for "Vehicle propulsion unit with electric machine that includes a balancing plate assembly and method for assembling said electric machine" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,667, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DANA BELGIUM N.V. (Bruges, Belgium).

"Vehicle propulsion unit with electric machine that includes a balancing plate assembly and method for assembling said electric machine" was invented by Steven Vanhee (Hooglede, Belgium), Stephan Schlimpert (Sint-Truiden, Belgium), Bart Peremans (Diest, Belgium), Bram Robberechts (Leuven, Belgium) and Jasper Nonneman (Berchem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic propulsion unit for a land-based wheeled or tracked vehicle is provided. The propulsion unit includes a balancing plate assembly with an outer plate designed to couple to a roto...