ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,893, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).
"Coupling arrangement for a generator set" was invented by Prashanth Visweswara-Sastry (Columbus, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling arrangement for coupling an engine to a generator in a generator set for use in a powertrain of a series hybrid electric vehicle is disclosed. The coupling arrangement comprises a gearset. The gearset is an epicyclic gearset that comprises a ring gear, a sun gear, and one or more planetary gears."
The patent was filed on Oct. 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/969,114.
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