ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,905, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Generator control method and generator control device" was invented by Kazuhiro Murao (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a generator control method for controlling a generator driven by an engine via a crankshaft of the engine. In this generator control method, it is determined whether the engine stops, and when it is determined that the engine stops, the generator is operated to adjust a crank position of the crankshaft to a prescribed target stop position. It is also determined whether a cylinder internal pressure of the engin...