ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,030, issued on July 8, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Automatic transmission with one or more dynamically controllable one way clutches" was invented by Harish Mathiazhagan (Canton, Mich.) and Kyle Steinkerchner (Maumee, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission system for a vehicle, including an input configured to couple to a prime mover of the vehicle; a first gear ratio; a second gear ratio; a first dynamic controllable clutch operable in an engaged state, a disengaged state, and a one-way clutch state; a second dynamic controllable clutch operable in the engaged state, the disengaged s...