Patents by Inventor David E. Klingston

David E. Klingston has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Off-axis motor with hybrid transmission method and system
    Patent number: 9777798
    Abstract: A system and method for modifying a transmission in a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle to couple the transmission to an off-axis electric motor. The transmission includes a motor-driven gear that replaces or modifies an engine-driven reverse gear. The motor-driven gear is hard-splined to an output shaft of the transmission. An electric motor is coupled to the output shaft of the transmission via the motor-driven gear. The electric motor may thus be oriented along an axis that differs from the axis of the transmission's output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: David E. Klingston, Travis J. Miller, Goro Tamai
  • OFF-AXIS MOTOR WITH HYBRID TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150226289
    Abstract: A system and method for modifying a transmission in a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle to couple the transmission to an off-axis electric motor. The transmission includes a motor-driven gear that replaces or modifies an engine-driven reverse gear. The motor-driven gear is hard-splined to an output shaft of the transmission. An electric motor is coupled to the output shaft of the transmission via the motor-driven gear. The electric motor may thus be oriented along an axis that differs from the axis of the transmission's output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: David E. Klingston, Travis J. Miller, Goro Tamai
  • HYBRID ROTOR-CLUTCH SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130112041
    Abstract: A hybrid dual clutch transmission having a hybrid rotor-clutch system. The hybrid rotor-clutch system includes an engine disconnect clutch that selectively couples an engine to the rotor of an electric motor within the hybrid dual clutch transmission. A first clutch disk selectively couples a first input shaft of the hybrid dual clutch transmission to a first surface of the web of the rotor and a second clutch disk selectively couples a second input shaft of the hybrid dual clutch transmission to a second surface of the web of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Goro Tamai, Scott A. Miller, Travis J. Miller, David E. Klingston