ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,483, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Electric drive system for a motor vehicle" was invented by Tobias Schilder (Ludwigsburg, Germany) and Tobias Haerter (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes an electric motor and a planetary transmission stage. A rotor shaft is non-rotatably connected to a sun gear. A planet carrier has a carrier shaft arranged coaxially and axially adjacent to the rotor shaft. The carrier shaft is mounted relative to a housing by a first bearing. The housing has a circular opening through which the ca...