US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on July 8 for "Hybrid powertrain motor torque control during overrunning transmission" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,160, issued on July 8, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Hybrid powertrain motor torque control during overrunning transmission" was invented by Zachary John Sinisi (Royal Oak, Mich.), Corey James Blue (Belleville, Mich.), Sassan Farahmand (Canton, Mich.) and Justin Panhans (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine, a disconnect clutch configured to selectively couple the engine to the electric machine, a transmission having an input shaft operably coupled to the electric machine and an output shaft operably coupled to a driveline, and a controller p...