US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on Aug. 5 for "Apparatus and method for controlling internal combustion engine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,925, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Apparatus and method for controlling internal combustion engine" was invented by Ryo Mochizuki (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Masaki Kobayashi (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an apparatus and a method for controlling an internal combustion engine such that emissions may not worsen during recovery from a fuel cut. An internal combustion engine control apparatus executes feedback control on the air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine. The control apparatus increases a supply of fuel, with the air-fuel ratio feedback stopped...