US Patent Issued to FCA US on March 18 for "Electric drive module having dual electric motors and planetary gearset" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,018, issued on March 18, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Electric drive module having dual electric motors and planetary gearset" was invented by Gregory Mordukhovich (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified powertrain that generates and transfers drive torque to a driveline of an electrified vehicle is provided. The electrified powertrain includes an electric drive module (EDM), a driveline input and a controller. The EDM includes a first electric motor, a second electric motor and a planetary gear set. The planetary gear set has a sun gear fixed for rotation with an output of the fi...