ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,848, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Daimler Truck AG (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).
"Hybrid-electric powertrain and lorry equipped with same" was invented by Guenter Kayran (Ostfildern, Germany), Jens Luckmann (Winnenden, Germany), Detlef Schnitzer (Denkendorf, Germany) and Frank Steffens (Ostfildern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid-electric powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, a transmission, and an electric machine, where the electric machine is connected to the transmission for transmitting torque. The transmission has a transmission housing, within which there is disposed an output-side ge...