ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,148, issued on April 21, was assigned to Renault s.a.s. (Boulogne-Billancourt, France).

"Method for calculating a management setpoint for the comsumption of fuel and electric current by a hybrid motor vehicle" was invented by Abdel-Djalil Ourabah (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is for calculating a management setpoint for the consumption of fuel and of electric current by a hybrid motor vehicle including at least one electric motor that is supplied with electric current by a traction battery and an internal combustion engine that runs on fuel. The method includes: dividing a journey into segments; acquiring attributes...