US Patent Issued to Jaguar Land Rover on Nov. 3 for "Control of hybrid vehicle engine idling torque" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,174, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. (Whitley, Great Britain).

"Control of hybrid vehicle engine idling torque" was invented by Alex Harrison (Coventry, Great Britain), Matt Sullivan (Coventry, Great Britain) and Andy Jones (Whitley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system (200), a method (600), and computer software (208) for controlling an engine (102) and an electric machine (106) of a vehicle (1). The method (600) comprises: receiving (606) a first input signal indicative of an engine idle torque requirement (TA) during engine idling; comparing (610) an instantaneous torque requiremen...