ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,222, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).

"Method for performing rotational speed synchronisation" was invented by Sri Vishnu Gorantla Narayana Murthy (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing rotational speed synchronisation of a first transmission component having a first initial rotational speed with a second transmission component having a second initial rotational speed, by means of a three-phase AC electric motor that is rotationally connected to the first transmission component, during a gear switch in a stepped gear transmission o...