US Patent Issued to FCA US on Jan. 13 for "System and method using friction clutch on electrified vehicle for enhanced shift feel" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,200, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"System and method using friction clutch on electrified vehicle for enhanced shift feel" was invented by Zachary L Tuller (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Nadirsh Patel (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified powertrain and method that generates and transfers drive torque to a driveline of an electrified vehicle is provided. The electrified powertrain includes an electric drive module (EDM) and a controller. The EDM includes an electric motor having an output, a transmission that is driven by the output of the electric motor, and a clutc...