US Patent Issued to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP on July 14 for "Drivetrain with infinitely and electrically variable transmission capabilities" (Texas, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,325, issued on July 14, was assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Drivetrain with infinitely and electrically variable transmission capabilities" was invented by Jeffrey M. David (Cedar Park, Texas), Travis J. Miller (Austin, Texas) and Mark A. Davis (Opelika, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for an electric drive train of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). In one example, the electric drive train may include a four-node planetary gear set with a first motor coupled to a first input node, a second motor coupled to a second input node and an engine coupled to a third input ...