ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,424, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Independent wheel hybrid optimization" was invented by Christopher Whitney (Commerce, Mich.), Rafael Lago Sari (Commerce Township, Mich.) and Manuel A. Echeverri Marquez (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a crankshaft, motors, generators, a battery, epicyclic geartrains, and an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). A first epicyclic geartrain is positioned on the first side of the vehicle and transmits power from at least one of the first motor, the first generator, and the crankshaft to a first wheel assembly....