ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,115, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L. (Arco, Italy).

"System and method for shifting in a dual motor transmission" was invented by Pier Paolo Rinaldi (Arco, Italy), Giacomo Faggiani (Rovereto, Italy) and Mark Slater (Warwickshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for a transmission. In one example, the transmission system includes a first electric motor that is rotationally coupled to a first shaft with a first gear idly mounted thereto and a second electric motor that is rotationally coupled to a second shaft with a second gear idly mounted thereto. The transmission system furth...