US Patent Issued to MAGNA Powertrain on Sept. 1 for "Method for the demand-responsive operation of an electric traction drive for a motor vehicle" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,081, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KG (Lannach, Austria).

"Method for the demand-responsive operation of an electric traction drive for a motor vehicle" was invented by Michael Dienbauer (Graz, Austria) and Gerald Lechner (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the demand-responsive operation of an electric traction drive. The electric traction drive comprises a hydraulic assembly having an electric motor-driven pump unit which is actuatable in first and second directions of rotation such that a plurality of pump operating modes can be set. The motor-driven pump unit is connected via...