ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,099, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING INC. (Detroit).
"Disconnecting electric drive unit" was invented by Paul J. Valente (Berkley, Mich.) and Joseph S. Balenda II (Grand Blanc, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive unit having a disconnecting differential a multi-phase electric motor and an inverter that controls power to the electric motor. The inverter has an inverter mount, a plurality of power semiconductors that are mounted to the inverter mount, and a plurality of busbars. Each of the busbars has first and second busbar portions, each having a body and a plurality of fingers. Th...