US Patent Issued to FCA US on March 17 for "Electric vehicle launch control and thermal management" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,827, issued on March 17, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Electric vehicle launch control and thermal management" was invented by Preyash H Shah (Brampton, Canada), Karthik Valuri (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Godla Sagar Naidu (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system for an electrified vehicle, which implements a launch control mode to launch the electrified vehicle with a torque pre-load, includes an electric traction motor configured to selectively provide drive torque to wheels of the vehicle, a thermal system configured to cool the electric traction motor, a brake system to brake one...