US Patent Issued to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP on April 22 for "Drive axle for a motor vehicle, in particular for a passenger car, and motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,698, issued on April 22, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Drive axle for a motor vehicle, in particular for a passenger car, and motor vehicle" was invented by Tobias Haerter (Stuttgart, Germany), Tobias Schilder (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Jonathan Zeibig (Aalen, Germany) and Peter Hahn (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive axle for a motor vehicle includes two vehicle wheels, a first shaft by which a first of the vehicle wheels can be driven and a second shaft by which the second vehicle wheel can be driven. The drive axle also includes a first electric motor having a first stator and a ...