US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on Nov. 11 for "Apparatus for active engine idle control" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,416, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio).

"Apparatus for active engine idle control" was invented by Arnez Franklin (New Albany, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an approach to active engine idle control, an apparatus comprises: an accelerator module interface; an engine control module (ECM) interface; a computer readable storage media; and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine an engine speed target for a vehicle engine in revolutions per minute (RPM) based on an electrical load on the vehicle; determine a voltage curve for one or more position sensors of an accele...