ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,220, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to DANA BELGIUM (Bruges, Belgium).

"Systems and method for an electric powertrain" was invented by Filip D. Schacht (Meulebeke, Belgium), Kurt Cattoor (Koolkerke, Belgium) and Filip Van Raepenbusch (Bruges, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and a method are provided for a transmission system. In one example, a multi-speed transmission includes an input shaft comprising an input gear driven by two electric motors, a first gear meshing with a first clutch and a second clutch, and a second gear meshing with a third clutch and a fourth clutch, an idler shaft comprising an idler gear and a...