ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,765, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Tomcar Holding Co. LLC (Phoenix).

"Regenerative braking for electric and hybrid vehicles" was invented by Moshe Miller (Rehovot, Israel), Jonathan Drori (Kibbutz Zikim, Israel) and Yoram Zarchi (Givat Hashlosha, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device comprises motor controller coupled to a drive motor and a battery pack of a vehicle. The motor controller comprises a processor that is configured to: determine that the vehicle is engaged in a neutral braking mode, and after determining that the vehicle is engaged in the neutral braking mode: select a neutral braking torque curve, determine ...