US Patent Issued to MAGNA Powertrain on March 25 for "Device for switching at least two partial gear mechanisms, and electric axle with such a device" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,039, issued on March 25, was assigned to MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KG (Lannach, Austria).

"Device for switching at least two partial gear mechanisms, and electric axle with such a device" was invented by Thomas Himmelbauer (Ernsthofen, Austria), Helmut Wernick (Steyregg, Austria) and Martin Koenigsecker (Hargelsberg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for switching at least two partial gear mechanisms, namely a first partial gear mechanism and a second partial gear mechanism, each having at least two gear stages. The device comprising an actuator connected for drive purposes to a rotatable component, a first switching ...