US Patent Issued to FCA US on June 17 for "Simulated shifts and modes for battery electric vehicle driving" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,505, issued on June 17, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Simulated shifts and modes for battery electric vehicle driving" was invented by Michael B Solt (Oxford, Mich.) and Jamie F Standring (Beverly Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simulated shift system for a battery electric vehicle (BEV) includes a set of sensors configured to monitor a set of parameters indicative of driver input by a driver of the BEV and a controller configured to control an electric drive module (EDM) of the BEV, the EDM comprising a gear system connected to an electric motor and being configured to output drive torque to a driv...