ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,753, issued on May 20, was assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER Ltd. (Warwickshire, Great Britain).
"Vehicle drivetrain modes" was invented by Daniel Loftus (Kineton, Great Britain), Giuseppe Favorito (Coventry, Great Britain) and Jonathan Green (Coventry, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a vehicle drivetrain assembly operable in a first mode and a second mode. The vehicle drivetrain assembly comprises: a drive unit arranged to generate power to drive a vehicle (1); an automatic transmission comprising a torque converter and operatively coupled to the drive unit to receive the power; ...