US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 26 for "Adaptive energy management controls for hybrid powertrain" (Florida, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,059, issued on May 26, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Adaptive energy management controls for hybrid powertrain" was invented by Brendan F. Diamond (Naples, Fla.) and Alec Bolthouse (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle includes a powertrain having an engine, an electric machine, and a disconnect clutch configured to selectively couple the engine and the electric machine. The vehicle further includes a controller programmed to, for a given operating point defined by a powertrain speed and a driver-demanded torque, command a torque split between the engine and the electric ma...