US Patent Issued to FCA US on Nov. 3 for "Use of model predicted speed to improve control of electrified powertrains including a torque converter" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,175, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Use of model predicted speed to improve control of electrified powertrains including a torque converter" was invented by Rakshith Kumar Janga (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Justin J Padinjaremury (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Ashay Sharma (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque control system and method for a vehicle include a control system configured to calculate a driver demand torque based on a speed of the vehicle and a driver torque request, predict a net driver demand torque based on the calculated driver demand torque and an opposing net torque ...