ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,628, issued on March 31, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Dual gearbox central bearing layout" was invented by Jefferey Ziemba (Novi, Mich.) and Eric Sharkness (Canton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are presented herein for an interface that reduces loads transferred across the interface, wherein the interface couples a pair of independently actuated rotating shafts. A first tapered bearing is coupled to a first rotating shaft. A second tapered bearing is coupled to a second rotating shaft. A central bearing is arranged between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft...