US Patent Issued to Exedy GlobalParts, Means Industries on Aug. 26 for "Selectable torque path torque converter" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,792, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Exedy GlobalParts Corp. (Belleville, Mich.) and Means Industries Inc. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Selectable torque path torque converter" was invented by Cody Kelly (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Bryant Grytzelius (Canton, Mich.), Kenneth Walega (Northville, Mich.), Ali Merat (Sausalito, Calif.), Spencer Kane (Chesaning, Mich.), Todd Andrzejewski (Saginaw, Mich.) and Joshua Hand (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An architecture for coupling an output member from a prime mover to an input member of a device to be driven. The architecture includes a torque transfer device defining an indirect coupling ...