ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,094, issued on May 6, was assigned to Linamar Corp. (Guelph, Canada).
"Stepped planetary single bearing carrier support" was invented by Chad Labelle (Livonia, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial electrified drive axle is provided for a vehicle. The coaxial electrified drive axle has an electric motor connected to a gear box housing containing a stepped planetary gear set operatively coupling a drive shaft of the electric motor to a linkshaft and an output shaft through a differential assembly. The differential assembly is contained within a carrier which also supports the planet gears through planet pins. The carrier is s...