ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,409, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Zimeno Inc. (Livermore, Calif.).
"Swash plate braking" was invented by Karan Kaushik (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may include an electric motor, a variable displacement hydraulic pump having a swash plate, driven traction members, a transmission operably coupling the electric motor to the driven traction members and to the hydraulic pump, a hydraulic pressure consumer fluidly coupled to an output of the hydraulic pump, a battery to receive energy produced by the electric motor during braking of the driven traction members by the electric motor and a controller. The ...