ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,466, issued on May 5, was assigned to DANA BELGIUM (Bruges, Belgium).

"System and method for calibrating transmission" was invented by Nicolas Lenaerts (Bruges, Belgium), Christophe De Buyser (Veldegem, Belgium) and Laurens De Bruyne (Midelkerke, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for automatically estimating clutch control parameters is described. In one example, a torque source is operated in a speed control mode so that changes in torque source torque output may be indicative of torque transfer through a clutch. Torque source torque output values may be a basis for estimating clutch fill time and clutch touch...