US Patent Issued to Jaguar Land Rover on Sept. 1 for "Hybrid vehicle engine idling control" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,622, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. (Whitley, Great Britain).

"Hybrid vehicle engine idling control" was invented by Rodolfo Oliveira Jaccoud (Leamington Spa, Great Britain), Matthew Hancock (Rugby, Great Britain) and Olivier Jean Brice Roques (Banbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention relate to a method and to a control system for controlling an engine and an electric traction motor of a vehicle, the control system comprising one or more controllers, wherein the control system is configured to: receive an indication of engine speed during engine idling; and cont...