ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,881, issued on July 15, was assigned to Zimeno Inc. (Livermore, Calif.).
"Vehicle electric motor hydraulic pump decoupling" was invented by Zachary Meyer Omohundro (Livermore, Calif.), Matthew Michael O'Brien (Livermore, Calif.), Matthew Coleman Tindall (Long Beach, Calif.) and Karan Kaushik (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may operate in a first mode in which rear traction members of the vehicle are driven forwardly by an electric motor and a hydraulic pump is powered and may alternatively operate in a second mode in which the rear traction members are driven forwardly by the electric motor while the electri...