ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,746, issued on May 27, was assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).
"Electric axle and control method" was invented by Anand Wakode (Pune, India) and Saket Kale (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for an electric axle. In one example, the electric axle includes an electric machine removably coupled to a first side of an input shaft via a first mechanical attachment interface and a differential rotationally coupled to a transmission. The transmission includes the input shaft that includes a second mechanical interface on a second side that is opposite the first side and a clutch moun...