US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Oct. 14 for "Transmission and drive device for a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,437, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Transmission and drive device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Stefan Beck (Eriskirch, Germany), Matthias Reisch (Ravensburg, Germany), Eckhardt Lubke (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Domenico Bartilucci (Friedrichshafen-Fischbach, Germany) and Tamas Gyarmati (Bermatingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission for a motor vehicle includes a first, a second, and a third planetary gear set, an input shaft, a first and a second output shaft, and a first and a second coupling shaft. Respective elements of the first planetary gear set...