ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,708, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Powertrain torque control system" was invented by Ashok Eugene Rodrigues (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Richard David Bruns (Milford, Mich.), Nicholas Harris (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Cameron Dillon (New Hudson, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle having an electric machine, a first half shaft, a second half shaft, a steering wheel, and a controller. The first and second half shafts are configured to deliver torque from the electric machine to first and second wheels, respectively. The controller is programmed to, in response to (i) locki...