US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on March 3 for "Driveline for electrified vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,923, issued on March 3, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Driveline for electrified vehicle" was invented by David J. Steinberger (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jon J. Morrow (Neenah, Wis.), Andrew J. Kotloski (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Eric E. Braun (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driveline for an electrified vehicle includes an engine, a pump, a first electric motor, a second electric motor configured to drive a tractive assembly of the electrified vehicle, a first clutch positioned between the engine and the first electric motor, and a second clutch positioned between the first electric motor and the pump. With the first c...