US Patent Issued to FCA US on Feb. 24 for "Power split hybrid transmission having synchronized disconnect shift element" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,087, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Power split hybrid transmission having synchronized disconnect shift element" was invented by Jann H Geese (Warendorf, Germany), Xin Diao (Pleasant Ridge, Mich.), Nadirsh Patel (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Daniel Berger (Simmerath, Germany) and Zachary L Tuller (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power split hybrid transmission for a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine (ICE), a first electric motor, a second electric motor, a disconnect element and a controller. The ICE drives an output shaft that is rotatably coupled to a planetary ...