US Patent Issued to DANA BELGIUM on Nov. 4 for "Independent clutch and power device control of a multi-mode electro-mechanical infinitely variable transmission operating without electric energy storage device" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,491, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DANA BELGIUM N.V. (Bruges, Belgium).

"Independent clutch and power device control of a multi-mode electro-mechanical infinitely variable transmission operating without electric energy storage device" was invented by Simon Cherlet (Bruges, Belgium), Nicolas Lenaerts (Bruges, Belgium), Stijn Goossens (Erpe-Mere, Belgium) and Bert Hannon (Bruges, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for operating a multi-mode electro-mechanical infinitely variable transmission (EMIVT) that is coupled to an engine and includes two electric machines is described. In one example, operating modes o...