ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,745, issued on May 27, was assigned to Polestar Performance AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Drive shaft arrangement and a vehicle comprising said arrangement" was invented by Per Strandemo (Savedalen, Sweden) and Lars Stenvall (Ljungskile, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a drive shaft arrangement for an all-wheel drive electric vehicle, comprising a drive shaft arranged to transfer torque a drive shaft joint at least partially enclosing a drive shaft end portion, wherein the drive shaft joint comprises a housing and a one-way clutch provided at an inner portion of said housing. The one-way clutch being arran...