US Patent Issued to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP on May 26 for "Hybrid electric axle and operating method" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,945, issued on May 26, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Hybrid electric axle and operating method" was invented by Eric M. Engerman (Plymouth, Mich.) and Trent Windom (Waterville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a hybrid electric axle. The hybrid electric axle system, in one example, includes an engine interface assembly with a one-way clutch that is rotationally coupled to an input shaft and a gear shaft in a gear set that is rotationally coupled to a differential and a dog clutch configured to selectively rotationally couple the input shaft and the gear shaft in the gear ...