ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,980, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER Ltd. (Coventry, Great Britain).
"Vehicle control method for a stop on the move state" was invented by Scott Balder (Coventry, Great Britain), Thomas Mourre (Coventry, Great Britain), Christopher Green (Coventry, Great Britain) and Paul Marsden (Coventry, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of controlling a vehicle. The method comprises stopping (12) an engine (2) of the vehicle (1) when a speed of the vehicle (1) is greater than or equal to a speed threshold, and inhibiting (17) starting of the engine (2) if the speed of the...