US Patent Issued to NISSAN MOTOR on Nov. 18 for "Electric power generation load reduction method and electric power generation load reduction apparatus for internal combustion engine for vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,929, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Electric power generation load reduction method and electric power generation load reduction apparatus for internal combustion engine for vehicle" was invented by Katsunori Satou (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine is connected to a transmission via a torque converter. The transmission includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism and a clutch. When the transmission is switched from the P range to the D range, a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine decreases with engagement of the clutch. I...