US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on June 2 for "Transmission and vehicle with transmission" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,384, issued on June 2, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Transmission and vehicle with transmission" was invented by Matthias Reisch (Ravensburg, Germany) and Stefan Beck (Eriskirch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a transmission comprising an input shaft, a first output shaft, a second output shaft, a first planetary gear set, and a second planetary gear set which is connected to the first planetary gear set. Each of the planetary gear sets comprises multiple elements. The input shaft, the two output shafts, the planetary gear sets, as well as the elements thereof are ...