US Patent Issued to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems on Feb. 17 for "Front end motor-generator system and hybrid electric vehicle operating method" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,379, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"Front end motor-generator system and hybrid electric vehicle operating method" was invented by David Colavincenzo (Castalia, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method integrate electrification of vehicle accessories conventionally driven by an internal combustion engine in which an electric motor is coupled to a common accessory drive that drive a plurality of accessories, such as a power steering pump, an air conditioning compressor, an air compressor, a thermodynamic heater and/or a coolant pump. The integrated electrified acc...