US Patent Issued to FCA US on Nov. 18 for "Engine torque control during wheel shaft disconnect transitions on series hybrid powertrains" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,934, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Engine torque control during wheel shaft disconnect transitions on series hybrid powertrains" was invented by Christoph Tischendorf (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Ashay Sharma (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Nadirsh Patel (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine torque control method for an electrified vehicle having a series hybrid powertrain with at least two electric traction motors includes, in response to detecting an open-to-closed state transition of a drive shaft disconnect system configured to selectively connect and disconnect a first axle sys...