ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,055, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Mazda Motor Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Vehicle driving force control device" was invented by Shinji Takayama (Aki-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving force control device for a vehicle is provided, which includes a motor, an engine, and a controller. The controller sets a target torque of the vehicle corresponding to accelerator operation, and distributes a target engine torque according to a distribution rule defined beforehand, based on the target torque of the vehicle, and outputs a control signal corresponding to the target engine torque to the engine. The controller estimat...