US Patent Issued to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS on April 29 for "Method for operating a vehicle having a dual-clutch transmission" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,032, issued on April 29, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Method for operating a vehicle having a dual-clutch transmission" was invented by Jean-Sebastien Pard (Tingwick, Canada), Francois Giroux (Valcourt, Canada), Guillaume Auger (Danville, Canada) and Alexandre Thibault (Sherbrooke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a vehicle having a dual-clutch transmission (DCT). The DCT includes first and second clutches; a first shaft operatively connected to the first clutch, the first clutch being selectively actuated to couple the first shaft to a clutch input member; a se...