US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Aug. 11 for "Dynamic torque filling" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,345, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Dynamic torque filling" was invented by Todd R. Shupe (Milford, Mich.) and Alexandre O. Korobkine (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling torque in a vehicle includes first and second propulsion systems, the first propulsion system including a combustion engine configured to drive a primary axle, the second propulsion system including an electric motor configured to drive a secondary axle, where the first propulsion system and the primary axle are mechanically independent from the second propulsion system and the secon...