US Patent Issued to FCA US on March 17 for "System and method for automated apply clutch switching to allow for reduced clutch adaption time" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,014, issued on March 17, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"System and method for automated apply clutch switching to allow for reduced clutch adaption time" was invented by Corey Allard (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Steven Christ (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission adaptive control system that establishes transmission clutch adaptive values for a vehicle includes a transmission and a controller. The transmission has a plurality of clutches including a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch and a fifth clutch, wherein clutches of the plurality of clutches actuate bet...