ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,906, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Garrett Transportation I Inc. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Electric boost device control for turbocharger" was invented by Michael Robert Uchanski (La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland), Malay Maniar (Boeblingen, Germany), Andrew Love (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Daniele Zecchetti (Maranello, Italy) and Jungsik Yim (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New and/or alternative approaches to performance control in an engine system having a compressor configured to receive torque from each of a turbine placed in an exhaust output of an engine and an electric motor. A control unit for the electric motor, r...