US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on Aug. 26 for "Electric axle with two-speed high ratio coaxial reducer and separate high speed ratio booster" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,790, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Electric axle with two-speed high ratio coaxial reducer and separate high speed ratio booster" was invented by Benedikt Neubauer (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric beam axle includes an electric motor, a high-speed ratio booster, a shiftable reducer, and a differential. The shiftable reducer includes a planetary gearset and the differential at least one of a spur or bevel gear differential. The electric motor, high-speed ratio booster, shiftable reducer and differential are aligned coaxially providi...