ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,663, issued on July 7, was assigned to HORSE POWERTRAIN SOLUTIONS, S.L.U. (Madrid).

"Method and system for controlling a hybrid motor vehicle during decelerations" was invented by Aurelien Lefevre (Guyancourt, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a hybrid motor vehicle includes a disengageable combustion engine, involving the following steps: the power absorbed by the main electric machine to meet the target torque required at the wheels is determined, the electrical power to be expended by the second electric machine to meet the target torque required at the wheels is determined by subtracting the power abso...