ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,648, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Akashi, Japan).

"Controller of vehicle, vehicle including controller, and method of controlling vehicle" was invented by Katsuya Sano (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller of a vehicle according to one aspect is a controller of a vehicle including: a driving source; a driving wheel; a friction clutch that transmits torque corresponding to an engagement amount of the friction clutch; a clutch actuator that changes the engagement amount of the friction clutch; and an acceleration operation sensor. The controller includes processing circuitry configured to:...