US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on March 11 for "Anti-lag controlled ignition system" (Michigan, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,512, issued on March 11, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Anti-lag controlled ignition system" was invented by Jacob C. Hedrick (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Michael D. Locascio (Horse Shoe, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-lag controlled ignition system includes an engine system including a turbocharger and an exhaust manifold fluidly coupled to the turbocharger. An electronic control unit (ECU) is communicatively coupled with the engine system and is configured to receive engine data from the engine system. A virtual optimization system is communicatively coupled with the ECU, and the virtu...