US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on June 10 for "Clunk and shuffle management in multi-motor, multi-axle electrified drivetrains" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,310, issued on June 10, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Clunk and shuffle management in multi-motor, multi-axle electrified drivetrains" was invented by Maruthi Ravichandran (Dearborn, Mich.), Bhavesh Paradkar (Canton, Mich.), Rajit Johri (San Francisco), Naginder Gogna (Northville, Mich.), Mary Catherine Farmer (Plymouth, Mich.) and Shunsuke Okubo (Belleville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a drivetrain system comprising: a first prime mover for supplying a torque to a front axle; a second prime mover for supplying a torque to a rear axle; and a controller c...