ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,099, issued on July 1, was assigned to FRANCE REDUCTEURS (Les Herbiers, France).

"Transmission device and wheeled vehicle provided with such a transmission device" was invented by Sebastien Bray (Les Epesses, France) and Fabien Guiroult (Saint Hilaire le Vouhis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a transmission device (1) comprising a housing (2), two electric motors (3) arranged outside the housing (2) and each provided with a motor shaft (4) projecting at least partially into the housing (2), an output shaft (5) formed by at least two shaft sections (51, 52) which are coaxial and mounted freely rotatable ...