ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,794, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER Ltd. (Coventry, Great Britain).

"Hybrid vehicle speed and torque control" was invented by Rodolfo Oliveira Jaccoud (Leamington Spa, Great Britain), Matthew Hancock (Rugby, Great Britain) and Olivier Jean Brice Roques (Banbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention relate to a method and to a control system for controlling an electric traction motor of a vehicle, the control system comprising one or more controllers, wherein the control system is configured to: limit a rate of change of torque requested from the electric traction motor ...