US Patent Issued to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP on Feb. 3 for "Mechanically coupled electric drive unit" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,769, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Mechanically coupled electric drive unit" was invented by Gowrisankar Devaraj (Leamington Spa, Great Britain) and Cody Ott (Ida, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for an electric drive unit. The electric drive unit includes a first electric machine and a second electric machine, a first transmission coupled to the first electric machine, a second transmission coupled to the second electric machine and a disconnect. The disconnect is arranged between a shaft coupled to the first transmission and a shaft coupled ...