ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,755, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FPT INDUSTRIAL S.p.A. (Turin, Italy) and NIKOLA Corp. (Phoenix).

"Drive system for an electric vehicle" was invented by Giorgio Rossia (Turin, Italy) and Marco Tessitore (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically driven axle assembly is disclosed. In various embodiments, the electrically driven axle assembly includes a main housing; a differential plate configured for mounting within the main housing; a differential assembly, the differential assembly disposed adjacent the differential plate and having a bearing configured for mounting within a plate orifice that extends within ...