ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,035, issued on March 18, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Engine control device" was invented by Atsushi Ebe (Fujisawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine control device includes: a compression release cylinder selecting part that selects, from a plurality of cylinders, one or more compression release cylinders to which fuel is not to be injected, depending on the magnitude of a required torque of an engine having the plurality of cylinders connected to an exhaust pipe provided with a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas; an exhaust valve control part that opens the exhaust valve of the compression rel...