ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,510, issued on March 25, was assigned to Omni Powertrain Technologies LLC (Houston).

"Rotor core for axial flux motor" was invented by Nerio Rossi (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-speed electric drive assembly for vehicles includes a main driveshaft driven by a first axial flux motor where the main driveshaft extends coaxially through a hollow assist driveshaft driven by a second axial flux motor. The main driveshaft includes a main gear that is continuously meshed with an intermediate gear on an intermediate driveshaft. A freewheel gear is mounted around the hollow assist driveshaft and can be selectively coupled and ...