ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,523, issued on March 11, was assigned to FLEX FUEL-ENERGY DEVELOPMENT (FFED) (Sophia-Antipolis, France).

"Device for converting to bioethanol, arranged to produce a modified control signal" was invented by Sebastien Le Polles (Montigny sur Loing, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, and associated methods, for converting a fuel-injection engine, originally intended for use with a first fuel, allow the engine to operate with a different, second fuel (e.g., bioethanol, alone or mixed with unleaded fuel(s)). The device delivers an adapted injection signal to an injector based on an original injection signal (SI) received fro...