ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,342, issued on April 14, was assigned to MUVIQ S.R.L. (Ivrea, Italy).

"Method for controlling a hybrid powertrain and hybrid powertrain operating according to such a method" was invented by Gaetano Ferri (Pescara, Italy), Mario Pennazza (Pescara, Italy), Riccardo Bucci (Turin, Italy), Andrea Tonoli (Turin, Italy), Nicola Amati (Turin, Italy), Angelo Bonfitto (Turin, Italy), Shailesh Hegde (Turin, Italy), Enrico Zenerino (Turin, Italy) and Renato Galluzzi (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method of a hybrid powertrain for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an electrical machine connected to a cranksh...