ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,035, issued on July 8, was assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L. (Arco, Italy).
"Electric vehicle (EV) system and operating method" was invented by Pradip Jasud (Pune, India), Shailesh Dalvi (Pune, India) and Idris Poonawala (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for an electric vehicle (EV). The EV system, in one example, includes a first electric drive axle and a second electric drive axle that each include a pair of electric motors and a motor coupling clutch. The EV system further includes a controller configured to selectively engage one or both of the motor coupling clutches based on vehicle load."
The patent ...