ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,996, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"High speed electric drive module" was invented by Gregory Mordukhovich (Auburn 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 having an electric motor, a transfer shaft, a final drive pinion gear and a final drive ring gear. The electric motor has a rotor shaft that includes first and second pinion gears fixed for rotation thereon. The transfer shaft includes first and second transfe...