ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,767, issued on May 27, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Hybrid propulsion system" was invented by Alan G. Holmes (Clarkston, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle includes a battery for storing electrical energy, a power controller adapted to route electrical energy to and from the battery, a hybrid transaxle positioned between and interconnecting an engine and a first drive axle, the hybrid transaxle including a planetary gear set including a sun gear, planet gears rotationally supported on a carrier, and a ring gear, the carrier continuously connected to the eng...