ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,755, issued on May 27, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Floating engine powertrain" was invented by Zekarias W. Yohannes (Augusta, Ga.), Matthew Wilson (Augusta, Ga.), David A. Smith (Augusta, Ga.) and Chris L. Normand (Martinez, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle transaxle comprising a plurality of mounting flanges fixedly mountable to an axle tube of the vehicle absent any additional structure for mounting the transaxle to the vehicle. The axle tube houses a wheel axle to which the transaxle is operably couplable. The transaxle additionally comprises a transaxle mounting collar that is fixedly...