ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,346, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Method for optimizing the energy consumption of a motor vehicle" was invented by Mariano Sans (Toulouse, France) and Julien Metayer (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a method for optimization of the energy consumption of a motor vehicle (2) comprising a fuel or hydrogen tank, a battery and/or super-capacitors (30), a thermal engine (M) or a fuel cell (P), an electrical machine (ME), a plurality of devices, each characterized by at least one variable of state, and a computer (4) configured to co...