US Patent Issued to FCA US on Dec. 2 for "Belt loss consideration for determination of electric motor torque split" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,872, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Belt loss consideration for determination of electric motor torque split" was invented by Stefan Senft (Essen, Germany), Andryas Mawardi (Rochester, Mich.), Ashay Sharma (Troy, Mich.), Rama Rohit Sagi (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Nadirsh Patel (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Torque control techniques for a multi-motor electrified powertrain of an electrified vehicle include determining a total torque request to be satisfied by the multi-motor electrified powertrain, wherein a first electric motor is connected to a crankshaft of an engine via a...