US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Oct. 28 for "Method and control device for operating a vehicle driveline" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,184, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Method and control device for operating a vehicle driveline" was invented by Johannes Gluckler (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Christian Mittelberger (Ravensburg, Germany), Stefan Spuhler (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and Morten Scherpelz (Tettnang, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle powertrain has a first electrical machine with first power electronics and a second electrical machine with second power electronics. In symmetrical operation, the first and second electrical machines are loaded or operated with the same torque and with the ...