US Patent Issued to FCA US on July 22 for "Actuator control for drivetrain disconnect assembly" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,268, issued on July 22, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Actuator control for drivetrain disconnect assembly" was invented by Chengyi Xu (Oakville, Canada), Rama Rohit Varma Sagi (St. Joseph, Mich.), Nadirsh D Patel (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Krishna Chaitanya Reddy Madireddy (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling an actuator for a drivetrain disconnect assembly includes actuating a solenoid to achieve multiple phases of movement, where the movement may be controlled differently in the different phases. The method includes actuating a solenoid of an actuator to drive a first clutch me...