US Patent Issued to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP on April 7 for "Optimized electric machine stop position for loss reduction and vehicle launch" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,938, issued on April 7, was assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Optimized electric machine stop position for loss reduction and vehicle launch" was invented by Ahmad Ghaderi (Rochester Hills, Mich.), William F. Waltz (Toledo, Ohio) and Jeremy M. Frenznick (Brighton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for controlling torque of an electric machine that propels a vehicle when the vehicle is stopped are described. The methods and systems may be applied to synchronous and induction electric machines that are configured to propel a vehicle. The methods and systems may allow a consistent a...