US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on March 25 for "System and method for controlling a motor during clutch shifting in a multi-speed electric drivetrain" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,729, issued on March 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System and method for controlling a motor during clutch shifting in a multi-speed electric drivetrain" was invented by Michael J. Barngrover (Brimfield, Ill.), Brian E. Lister (Edwards, Ill.) and Michael D. Beyer (Chillicothe, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for controlling a motor of an electric drivetrain having a multi-speed transmission with at least a first clutch and a second clutch. The system and method includes initiating a transmission shift requiring engagement of the first clutch, applying synchronizing torque commands to t...