ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,045, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle race launch systems" was invented by Giuseppe Corallo (Turin, Italy), Gaurav Sadekar (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Nadirsh Patel (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Indrasen Karogal (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Christoph Tischendorf (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Alessandro Lelli (Turin, Italy), Dario Morina (Turin, Italy), Pier Luca Di Gristina (Turin, Italy), Paolo Olivieri (Pecello Torinese, Italy), Ashay Sharma (Troy, Mich.) and Frederico de Bosio (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes an internal combustion engine, an electr...