US Patent Issued to Alpraaz on July 14 for "Hybrid drive train for a vehicle" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,195, issued on July 14, was assigned to Alpraaz AB (Angelholm, Sweden).

"Hybrid drive train for a vehicle" was invented by Steve Dubs (Vejbystrand, Sweden) and Christian Von Koenigsegg (Vejbystrand, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid drivetrain is operable for selective driving of first wheels through a first drive shaft to which a first drive unit is connectable, and second wheels through a second drive shaft to which a second drive unit is connectable. A connection clutch allows for selective connection between the first and second drive units. A slip clutch assembly allows selective connection between the second drive ...