US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Feb. 17 for "System and apparatus for lubrication of a hybrid transmission" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,514, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System and apparatus for lubrication of a hybrid transmission" was invented by James M. Hart (Belleville, Mich.), Shawn H. Swales (Farmington, Mich.), Matthew J. Laskaska (Essexville, Mich.), John A Diemer (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Michael M. Ilievski (Macomb Twp., Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input split hybrid transmission that has a planetary gearset that is arranged to transfer mechanical power between an internal combustion engine, a first electric machine, a second electric machine, and an output member; and a fluidic distribution sy...