US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on July 15 for "Internal-combustion engine control device and filter regeneration method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,636, issued on July 15, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Internal-combustion engine control device and filter regeneration method" was invented by Yuichi Toyama (Hitachinaka, Japan), Hiroshi Miyamoto (Hitachinaka, Japan), Kazuya Saito (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Shinjiro Ishida (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal-combustion engine control device and a filter regeneration method according to the present invention are used for an internal-combustion engine fueled by gasoline and including a filter that traps particulate matter in exhaust gas. When regeneration of the filter is required,...