US Patent Issued to FCA US on Oct. 21 for "Torque control modeling for torque control of hybrid electric powertrains" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,946, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Torque control modeling for torque control of hybrid electric powertrains" was invented by Nadirsh Patel (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Hangxing Sha (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Abdulquadri Banuso (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified powertrain that generates and transfers drive torque to a driveline of a hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The powertrain includes an engine, an electric motor, a clutch, a torque converter and a controller. The clutch selectively disengages an engine output from a remainder of the electrified powertrain. The...