ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,341, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Vehicle with e-axle" was invented by Jeremy Andringa (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Mitchel Nordahl (Oshkosh, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a chassis and an electric axle coupled to the chassis. The electric axle includes an electric motor, a tractive element coupled to the electric motor and configured to be driven by the electric motor to propel the vehicle, a power take off (PTO) shaft coupled to the electric motor, a drive shaft coupling the tractive element to the electric motor, and a housing coupled to the chassis and at least partially contain...