ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,274, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Traton AB (Sodertalje, Sweden).
"Transmission powertrain vehicle and method" was invented by Peer Norberg (Huddinge, Sweden), Gustav Goransson (Sodertalje, Sweden), Paolo Fornaseri (Hagersten, Sweden) and Per Arnelof (Vendelso, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure concerns a transmission comprising an input shaft, an output shaft, and a planetary gearset. The planetary gearset comprises a sun gear connected to the input shaft, a ring gear that is axially movable, and at least one planet gear rotatably supported on a planet gear carrier that is connected to the output shaft. The ...