ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,431, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to DANA BELGIUM (Bruges, Belgium).

"Three speed electric vehicle transmission" was invented by Pauwel Coenen (Aalter, Belgium), Filip D. Schacht (Meulebeke, Belgium) and Kurt Cattoor (Koolkerke, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are herein provided for a three-speed electric transmission system. In one example, a transmission system comprises a first electric motor coupled to an input speed reduction gear train, wherein the input speed reduction gear train rotationally couples to an input shaft; a second electric motor coupled to the input speed reduction gear train; a fir...