MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202623030904 A) filed by Nextgen Tech Initiatives Pvt. Ltd., Thane, Maharashtra, on March 14, for 'a hybrid drive system for a vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Godkar, Rohit Arvind; Nachane, Mehul Satish; and Godkar, Sharad Rajaram.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A retro-fittable hybrid drive system (106) comprises an electric motor (108) and a hybrid drivetrain assembly (110), and is configured between IC power pack (500) and an axle of a vehicle to allow different modes of operations, comprising an IC engine mode, an electric mode, a combined mode and a generative mode. The geartrain assembly (130) and mode controller mechanism (140) comprises a synchronizing mechanism that engages or disengages the electric motor (108) drive with the drive from the IC engine powerpack (500) to achieve the different modes of operations, including two different forward torque-speed ratios of drive from the electric motor (108) in the electric mode or in the combined mode."

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