US Patent Issued on Feb. 24 for "Combination front axle/turntable with independent electric driven wheel ends" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,175, issued on Feb. 24.

"Combination front axle/turntable with independent electric driven wheel ends" was invented by Jason M. Klein (Springfield, Mo.) and Kevin C. Schlack (Ozark, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front-wheel drive electric truck cab has a front axle/turntable with independent electric motor driven wheel ends. The front axle/turntable is able to execute various extreme maneuvers including a 'zero-cab-turn, pivot-in-place' maneuver at least through about a 90deg pivot from a straight ahead heading. For example, left wheel end is going to be accelerated smoothly to two miles per hour rearward (not forward) speed a...