US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Jan. 28 for "Vehicle diagnosis method, vehicle diagnosis system, and external diagnosis device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,321, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle diagnosis method, vehicle diagnosis system, and external diagnosis device" was invented by Tomohito Ichikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a vehicle diagnosis method, vehicle diagnosis system, and external diagnosis device capable of optimizing the amount of fuel supplied to a vehicle throughout a factory. This vehicle diagnosis method for using an external diagnosis device that communicates with an engine ECU to determine the suitability of the fuel consumption amount of a vehicle comprises: a step for calculating and storing the fuel...