US Patent Issued to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP on March 18 for "Electric drive device for a motor vehicle, in particular for a motor car" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,152, issued on March 18, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Electric drive device for a motor vehicle, in particular for a motor car" was invented by Tobias Schilder (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Carsten Gitt (Stuttgart, Germany), Tobias Haerter (Stuttgart, Germany) and Jonathan Zeibig (Aalen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive device includes a transmission with a first planetary gear set having a first element, a second element, and a third element. The transmission includes a second planetary gear set having a fourth element connected to the third element for conjoint rotation, a fifth e...