ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,151, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Electric axle assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Rodrigo Bahena (Puebla, Mexico), Patrick Lindemann (Wooster, Ohio), David Burky (Massillon, Ohio) and Angel Salvador Flores (Puebla, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric axle assembly includes a banjo axle housing, first and second half shafts, and an electric drive unit. The banjo axle housing has a central portion that defines a receiving space and first and second openings providing access to the receiving space, first and second beams extending from the central ...