ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,035, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH (Erlangen, Germany).

"Gearbox, electric drive assembly system and vehicle" was invented by Wenhui Wang (Erlangen, Germany) and Yejin Jin (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox includes a housing, a first shaft, accommodated in the housing and having a first large gear, the first shaft rotating about a first rotation axis, the first rotation axis being substantially parallel to an axial direction of the gearbox. A second shaft is accommodated in the housing and has a second large gear, the second shaft rotating about a second rotation axis, the...