US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 8 for "Electric machine shift and engine start coordination" (Canadian, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,834, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Electric machine shift and engine start coordination" was invented by Nadirsh D Patel (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Cristian Rostiti (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Allwyn D Bhakare (South Woodslee, Canada) and Paolo Olivieri (Pecetto Torineze, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes an internal combustion engine, an electric traction motor, a motor/generator configured to start the internal combustion engine, a transmission, and a powertrain control system including a controller having one or more processors. The controller is pr...