ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,007, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BRP-ROTAX GMBH & Co. KG (Gunskirchen, Austria).

"Method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle having a dual-clutch transmission" was invented by Alexander Tausch (Innerschwand, Austria), Robert Ebner (Edt bei Lambach, Austria) and Verena Wolfsegger (Roitham am Traunfall, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle, the powertrain a dual-clutch transmission including a first clutch and a second clutch selectively actuated to transmit motion from the engine to a first shaft and a second shaft respectively. The method includes producing a first shi...