ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,572, issued on May 20, was assigned to OBRIST TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Lustenau, Austria).
"Drive system for a vehicle" was invented by Andreas Knoop (Esslingen, Germany) and Frank Obrist (Bregenz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a drive system for a vehicle, in particular for a hybrid vehicle, with at least one power unit and at least one drive battery, which are electrically coupled to one another. The power unit includes at least one gas turbine, which has at least one first compressor for compressing aspirated combustion air, at least one turbine for driving the first compressor and at least one combust...