ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,321, issued on July 1, was assigned to Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).
"Drive train" was invented by Lukas Nennstiel (Kassel, Germany), Thomas Schroeder (Berlin), Frank Mueller (Essenrode, Germany) and Raimar Warnecke (Gross Schwuelper, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive train for an electric vehicle, including at least one transmission, with at least one power electronics system and a housing. A transmission compartment and a power electronics system compartment are provided in the housing in particular adjacently situated horizontally. The transmission and/or at least two gearwheels for forming at least one gear stag...