US Patent Issued to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP on April 14 for "Electric axle with compact electric machine and gear train layout" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,215, issued on April 14, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Electric axle with compact electric machine and gear train layout" was invented by Eric M. Engerman (Plymouth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and method for an electric axle assembly. The electric axle assembly includes, in one example, an electric machine rotationally coupled to a planetary differential and a first and second axle shaft directly rotationally coupled to the planetary differential. In the axle assembly, the second axle shaft is longer than the first axle shaft and the electric machine is positioned laterally betw...