ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,909, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for improving turbocharged engine driver torque response" was invented by David Alexander Schmitt (Waterford, Mich.), Wesley Rieves Haney (Linden, Mich.), John Garrity Singleton (Detroit) and Robert Monchamp (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method that, when executed by data processing hardware of a motor vehicle including a turbocharger having a turbine, causes the data processing hardware to perform operations. One operation includes receiving an accelerator pedal position input indicating th...