ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,882, issued on April 7, was assigned to McLaren Automotive Ltd. (Woking, Great Britain).

"Automotive sound amplification" was invented by Davide Palmieri (Tarragona, Spain), Alessio Figuretti (Barcelona, Spain), Stefano Izzo (Barcelona, Spain) and Giuseppe Iossa (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for simulating the acoustic performance of an automotive vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a processor configured to select an electrical input to be provided to the amplifier in dependence on one or more driving conditions for the vehicle, the electrical input indicating a desired acoustic output for a vehicle an...