US Patent Issued to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP on March 24 for "Electric axle" (Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,549, issued on March 24, was assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Electric axle" was invented by William F. Waltz (Toledo, Ohio) and Jeffrey M. David (Cedar Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for an electric axle. The electric axle system includes, in one example, a first electric machine and a planetary reduction differential configured to receive mechanical power from the first electric machine. The planetary reduction differential includes a first planetary gear set directly rotationally coupled to a second planetary gear set. In the electric axle system, a sun...