US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on March 4 for "Powertrain for a work machine, and work machine" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,306, issued on March 4, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Powertrain for a work machine, and work machine" was invented by Philipp Rechenbach (Markdorf, Germany), Marton Kurucz (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Raphael Himmelsbach (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and Benedikt Reick (Osterreich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a powertrain for a work machine, such as an agricultural work machine. The powertrain includes a first electric motor with a first drive shaft that can be driven by the first electric motor, and a second electric motor with a second drive shaft that c...