ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,657, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L. (Arco, Italy).

"Vehicle system with hydromechanical transmission and power management strategy" was invented by Lorenzo Dalla Palma (Arco, Italy), Fabio Gunsch (Arco, Italy) and Alessandro Dilisa (Arco, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for a hydromechanical transmission. In one example, a vehicle system includes a hydromechanical transmission with a power-take off (PTO) that is designed to rotationally couple to an implement. The vehicle system further includes an engine coupled to the hydromechanical transmission and a power-management control unit co...