ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,134, issued on July 21, was assigned to PHINIA DELPHI LUXEMBOURG SARL (Belvaux, Luxembourg).

"Method of controlling fuel injection" was invented by Stephane Van Den Hende (Marolles, France) and Eric Charleux (Vineuil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling fuel injection in an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with an associated electrically actuated fuel injector for performing injection events, wherein a drive signal is applied to the fuel injector in order to actuate a needle therein that controls flow through a valve seat. The drive signal comprises a fueling pulse adapted to move and/...