US Patent Issued to FCA US on Aug. 25 for "Electrified rear axle regenerative hand brake" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,301, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Electrified rear axle regenerative hand brake" was invented by Jacob R. Kennedy (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Alexander Y Morita (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Syed K Arshad-Ali (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Renlin Zhang (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified rear axle regenerative handbrake system for an electrified vehicle includes an electric motor, a rear axle, a handbrake and a controller. The rear axle receives input from the electric motor and transmits torque to rear wheels of the electrified vehicle. The handbrake moves between an unactuated ...