US Patent Issued to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES on July 15 for "Control device and a method for controlling components of a drivetrain system of a vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,492, issued on July 15, was assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Control device and a method for controlling components of a drivetrain system of a vehicle" was invented by Aurelian Kotlar (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The teachings of the present disclosure may include operation of a drivetrain system for a vehicle with multiple operation modes. The first includes coupling the AC electric machine with the internal combustion engine for starting the internal combustion engine or for supplying an additional torque. The second includes coupling the internal combustion engine with the AC electric machin...