ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,760, issued on May 13, was assigned to STRONG FORCE TP PORTFOLIO 2022 LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Neural net optimization of continuously variable powertrain" was invented by Charles Howard Cella (Pembroke, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for optimizing a vehicle system involves using a neural network to optimize at least one operating parameter of a transmission portion of a continuously variable powertrain based at least in part on a classified current state of a vehicle, wherein the current state is associated with a predicted future vehicle state."

The patent was filed on Feb. 29, 2024, under Application No. 18/5...