US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on Oct. 27 for "Transmission for a vehicle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,736, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Transmission for a vehicle" was invented by Sylvain Mayoux (Lyons, France), Matheus Mrtvi (Villeurbanne, France) and Thomas Barillot (Mornant, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission for a vehicle providing at least four gear ratios, comprising an input component drivingly connected to a prime mover, such as an electric motor, and a planetary gear system, comprising a first sun gear, a second sun gear, a single ring gear, and a single planet gear carrier carrying a first set of planet gears in meshing engagement with the first sun gear and a...