ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,231, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TOP GEAR POWERTRAIN TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Shanghai).

"Coaxial electric drive axle and automobile" was invented by Shan Li (Shanghai), Yueyue Deng (Shanghai), Haifeng Lu (Shanghai) and Jie Zhang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a coaxial electric drive axle and an automobile, the coaxial electric drive axle includes a motor, at least one transmission assembly, a main shaft, and a first half shaft and a second half shaft connected by a differential; each transmission assembly includes at least two sliding sleeve shifting mechanisms, at least one of the slidi...