US Patent Issued to Allison Transmission on Aug. 25 for "Electrified axle assembly" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,276, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Allison Transmission Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Electrified axle assembly" was invented by Shaun Mepham (Clarkston, Mich.), Christopher G. Baillie (Lake Orion, Mich.) and James A. Raszkowski (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified axle assembly includes a first and second motor, a first and second idler shaft, and one or more output shafts mechanically engaged with the first and/or second idler shafts and one or more axles. In some embodiments, the electrified axle assembly may include two output shafts, with each output shaft meshed with a corresponding one of the idler shafts a...