US Patent Issued to FCA US on Oct. 21 for "Tank steer system for vehicle" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,041, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Tank steer system for vehicle" was invented by Chad J Vermeulen (Windsor, Canada), Pradeep R Attibele (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Mark A Levine (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drivetrain assembly for a vehicle having a propulsion system configured to drive first and second half shafts is provided. In one example, the drivetrain assembly includes a gearbox assembly configured to couple to the propulsion system, a planetary gear set selectively coupled to an output of the gearbox assembly, and a differential having a differential case, the differe...