US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on Oct. 7 for "Two-speed coaxial rolling differential with plus-step planet and spur gear stage with stepped ring gear for super duty truck applications" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,779, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Two-speed coaxial rolling differential with plus-step planet and spur gear stage with stepped ring gear for super duty truck applications" 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 shiftable reducer, and a rolling differential. The shiftable reducer includes a planetary gearset and the rolling differential includes a compound planetary gearset and a spur gear stage. The electric motor, shiftable reducer and rolling differential are ali...