US Patent Issued to Allison Transmission on Dec. 9 for "Control systems to dampen output shaft oscillations, vehicles and transmissions incorporating the same, and methods therefor" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,746, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Allison Transmission Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Control systems to dampen output shaft oscillations, vehicles and transmissions incorporating the same, and methods therefor" was invented by Jeff Runde (Fishers, Ind.), Doug Hansel (Indianapolis) and Tyler Swedes (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicles, transmissions, and methods of dampening oscillations at an output shaft of a transmission are disclosed. A vehicle includes a chassis, a plurality of wheels coupled to the chassis, and a powertrain mounted to the chassis that includes a transmission. The transmission includes an input shaft...