ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,924, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Control device for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine" was invented by Ryutaro Koiwai (Hitachinaka, Japan), Osamu Mukaihara (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Kazuhiro Oryoji (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intake air flow rate into an intake passage is detected with an internal combustion engine as a control device, and atmospheric pressure and temperature are estimated or detected. An intake passage internal average pressure and an intake passage internal average temperature in a region up to a th...