ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,068, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens, France).
"Propulsion system for an electric vehicle" was invented by Loic Vassieux (Cergy Pontoise, France), Dominique Lheureux (Cergy Pontoise, France), Thibault Lemaire (Cergy Pontoise, France), Benoist Auffray (Cergy Pontoise, France) and Clement Derville Helluin (Cergy Pontoise, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system for an electric vehicle includes an assembly of four electric propulsion machines each having a stator and a rotor having an output shaft that is movable in rotation about an axis. Also includes is a common gearwheel that is kinemati...