ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,706, issued on March 17, was assigned to Exedy Globalparts Corp. (Belleville, Mich.).
"Compact P2 hybrid architecture" was invented by Kenneth Gerard Walega (Northville, Mich.) and Bryant David Grytzelius (Canton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for power transmission within a hybrid motor vehicle and a method of operating the device. The device is a P2 module and includes a torque converter, an electric motor, a connect/disconnect clutch and an electro-magnetic controllable clutch. The torque converter is configured to be coupled to an input member of the transmission. The electric motor includes a rotor that is fixed...