ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,145, issued on May 19, was assigned to Perkins Engines Co. Ltd. (Peterborough, Great Britain).

"Powertrain controller" was invented by Gavin Williams (Stamford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal controller for a powertrain is provided. The universal controller comprises a configurable powertrain model which is configurable to model a class of generic powertrains comprising J generic power sources, K generic power sinks, and L generic couplings. The universal controller is arranged to receive an input file comprising a plurality of input parameters to configure the configurable powertrain model of the universal c...