ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,383, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER Ltd. (Coventry, Great Britain).

"Control system for torque source inertia compensation, method, vehicle and computer program" was invented by Matthew Sullivan (Hinckley, Great Britain), Olivier Roques (Banbury, Great Britain), Matthew Hancock (Rugby, Great Britain) and William Harrison (Coventry, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention relate to method and to a control system for compensating for variable inertia in a vehicle powertrain, the method comprising: determining whether a torque source is coupled to a wheel; and applying a torque...