US Patent Issued to FCA US on Jan. 27 for "Quadrant protection in steady and transient shifter positions" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,969, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Quadrant protection in steady and transient shifter positions" was invented by Mary C Sullivan (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Rama Rohit Sagi (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Ashay Sharma (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle includes an electric traction motor configured to selectively provide torque to vehicle wheels, a shifter configured to shift the electric vehicle, and a motor control system for electric traction motor quadrant protection in steady and transient shifter positions. The motor control system is in signal communication with the e...