US Patent Issued to ISUZU MOTORS on March 4 for "Diagnosing a supercharger off of generated pressure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,404, issued on March 4, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Diagnosing a supercharger off of generated pressure" was invented by Toshiyuki Usui (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A management device 100 comprises: a data acquisition unit 122 that acquires, from a plurality of vehicles 1, cumulative data for each parameter relating to stress acting on a compressor 33 for supercharging intake air delivered to an engine, and supercharging pressure exerted by the compressor 33; a damage degree specification unit 123 that specifies the degree of damage of a supercharging device 32 from the acquired cumulative data; a ...