US Patent Issued to FCA US on June 30 for "Engine shutoff profile for hybrid vehicle gasoline particulate filter regeneration" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,095, issued on June 30, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Engine shutoff profile for hybrid vehicle gasoline particulate filter regeneration" was invented by Lonny E Johnson (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Ryan C Masters (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Anthony L Gancer (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes an internal combustion engine, an electric traction motor, and a motor/generator configured to drive the internal combustion engine or be driven by the internal combustion engine to generate electricity to charge a high voltage battery and/or drive the electric traction motor...