US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Sept. 23 for "All-wheel drive system for electric vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,632, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"All-wheel drive system for electric vehicle" was invented by Joseph Kliewer (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Alan G. Holmes (Clarkston, Mich.), James B. Borgerson (Clarkston, Mich.), Brenten Paul Corliss (Royal Oak, Mich.), Daryl A. Wilton (Macomb, Mich.) and Giles D. Bryer (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-wheel drive system for a vehicle having a longitudinal axis includes an electric motor. The electric motor has an output shaft that extends along a first axis, and the first axis is substantially perpendicular to the longitud...