US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on March 31 for "Input split hybrid architecture with independent gear piloting" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,643, issued on March 31, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Input split hybrid architecture with independent gear piloting" was invented by James M. Hart (Belleville, Mich.), Shawn H. Swales (Farmington, Mich.) and Matthew J. Laskaska (Essexville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a planetary gear set located within a housing. The planetary gear set includes a sun gear configured to be driven by a first motor/generator unit and rotate about a first axis, and planet gears in meshing engagement with the sun gear. The planetary gear set also includes a carrier supporting each of the ...