ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,401, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Transmission for a drive train of a vehicle" was invented by Tamas Gyarmati (Bermatingen, Germany), Matthias Reisch (Ravensburg, Germany), Philip Dotschel (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Eckhardt Lubke (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and Hagen Doepfert (Lindau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission (1) includes an input shaft (2), a first and a second output shaft (3, 4), and a differential (7) with a first and a second planetary gear set (5, 6). A first gear set element of the first planetary gear set (5) is connected to the input shaft...