US Patent Issued to Robert Bosch on July 28 for "Method for switching a gear ratio of a switchable gear mechanism, control device and vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,964, issued on July 28, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for switching a gear ratio of a switchable gear mechanism, control device and vehicle" was invented by Christian Reisige (Tuebingen, Germany), Merlin Martin Manewald (Reutlingen, Germany) and Daniel Baumgaertner (Neustetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for switching a gear ratio of a switchable gear mechanism of a vehicle, which includes an electric motor for driving the vehicle, includes: generating a motor torque with the electric motor; determining an upcoming gear change; reducing the amount of the generated motor torque de...