US Patent Issued to Stellantis Auto on June 16 for "Control of charging phases of a battery of a vehicle with a hybrid powertrain" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,676, issued on June 16, was assigned to Stellantis Auto SAS (Poissy, France).

"Control of charging phases of a battery of a vehicle with a hybrid powertrain" was invented by Gaetan Rocq (La Boissiere Ecole, France), Yohan Milhau (Orgeval, France), Ridouane Habbani (Asnieres sur Seine, France) and Cedric Launay (Epone, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method is implemented in a vehicle comprising an internal-combustion engine providing a first torque and coupled to a gearbox by a coupling device comprising a hydraulic circuit and delivering a second torque from the first torque in a coupling position, and an electric mo...